IMHO it comes from the days of single sided PC boards when the board
designer wanted to allow the pick and place machine to place a device (zero
ohm resistor) rather than a jumper wire. This was for both esthetics and
automation.

jwalker

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> I can't seem to figure out why.
> Cheers,
> -Neil.
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