Java Programming

Hello,

since tehcnically it's still friday in some far-western timezone, I feel entitled to ask a friday question:


What is the cultural reference (probably, of US origin) when a code sample mentions "acme" as a company name (often in package namespace com.acme.xxx, or as the example name of some company supposedly managed by the code).


Although Wikipedia has entries to describe the etymology and history of the venerable foo and bar variable names, I haven't found such an entry for acme

The only reference I know of is the cartoon Roadrunner : all devices bought by the evil coyotte come in "acme"-stamped boxes.
Do you think it's the case (that computer scientists inspire from Roadrunner)?
Even then, where did the cartooners themselves coin this name?

Thanks,

Jerome