Stephen Baker named it in early 2005 when looking for a way to avoid the word “test”, I think “Ruby Specify” is probably the closest thing it stands for.
Jon Rowe --------------------------- [email protected] jonrowe.co.uk On Tuesday, 8 November 2016 at 04:19, Myron Marston wrote: > I'm not sure (I wasn't around when RSpec was first named) but I've always > thought the "R" stood for "Ruby", similar to the J in JUnit standing for > Java, N in NUnit standing for .NET, etc. > > Myron > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 1:58 AM, Panayotis Matsinopoulos > <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > It may have been answered in the past...but I cannot find it. > > > > Does RSpec stand for "Requirements Specification"? > > > > Thanks in advance > > Panos M. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "rspec" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rspec/3d9fe7d3-ac30-41db-aefd-7a19abbc4707%40googlegroups.com > > > > (https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rspec/3d9fe7d3-ac30-41db-aefd-7a19abbc4707%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "rspec" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rspec/CADUxQmssdbu%2BGazLZpPfOiV6GB83djJd-o%3DqVb%3DcsiGK79pfLw%40mail.gmail.com > > (https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rspec/CADUxQmssdbu%2BGazLZpPfOiV6GB83djJd-o%3DqVb%3DcsiGK79pfLw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "rspec" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rspec/577D752040F549CE9A077713DC125472%40jonrowe.co.uk. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
