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On 12/22/2011 3:58 AM, Gareth Edwards wrote:
> Couple of questions about these utilities, which appear to convert
> OrCAD SDT IV schematics and libraries to gEDA format:
> 
> - What's the etymology of "sarlacc"? The header in sarlacc_schem.c
> implies the program was once called "orcad" but I can't  come up with
> a contraction, abbreviation or acronym that gets me to "sarlacc". It's
> not hugely important, but it would be nice to hint why the name is the
> name in the manpage.

Sarlacc is a Star Wars reference.  And yes, that really is what it's
from even in the context of this software.  Matt Ettus should be able to
comment more deeply on the topic.

-Dan