I've always imagine the name came from a thought like > If I had a nickel for every time someone said 'Nix would be perfect if only it had a good type system..

I've always imagine the name came from a thought like > If I had a nickel for every time someone said 'Nix would be perfect if only it had a good type system...', I'd buy a better configuration language! but I completely made that up in my own head :)