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If the metric is Google-ability," then so are a lot of other languages: C D Go Julia R Rust Google's gotten a lot better when it comes to searches for C++ (fo

by nkozyra 11y ago

If the metric is Google-ability," then so are a lot of other languages: C D Go Julia R Rust Google's gotten a lot better when it comes to searches for C++ (formerly always wrote 'cpp'), Go ('golang'), C#, etc. But when you combine a specific search and the language it's still ambiguous for a lot of these languages. Forever the discord between branding and specificity.

mikeash 11y ago
I have long advocated for switching away from normal pronounceable names and to UUIDs for everything. For example, Google's Go could be CFF77685-513C-4B4D-82EC-81C171D52E82 and the older one could be 7EFD13ED-BF35-4547-9701-6E13F0D8911E. If we renamed C to F51AD0F2-8159-4515-BE14-5E9D9AE3372B it would become much easier to search for. Sincerely, 57C1566F-1DA9-4AAB-9F88-E31C4B950DD6
- crusso 11y ago
  I agree with you, but actually, 57C1566F-1DA9-4AAB-9F88-E31C4B950DD6 is my UUID.
  - mikeash 11y ago
    Then I'm afraid we must fight to the death to see who has the rightful claim to it, as described in the secret provisions of RFC 4122.
    - jameshart 11y ago
      The first rule of RFC 4122 is that implementers MUST NOT talk about RFC 4122.
      - ectoplasm 11y ago
        Which RFC 4122 are you not talking about, the one that came first or the one that came before?
    - tempodox 11y ago
      Yes, trial by combat is the way to go. No pun intended.