Tim Hammerquist wrote:

>Is "agile" a larger term applied to more areas?  Or did it originate with
>a philosophy of Ruby programming and spread from there?
>  
>
I first heard it from Brian Ingerson and I think he heard it from Ward 
Cunningham.  It kinda spread through all the P languages as well.  The 
basic idea was to get us away from the "scripting" or "little" languages 
label.  Those words make us sound weak 'n' limited when (it turns out) 
we're combustibly fantastic and all-over-the-place.

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