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Agreed, I think it's an unfortunate naming choice. As a physicist (and hence also mathematician and programmer) this term is already terribly overloaded. "Slac
by cshimmin 10y ago
Agreed, I think it's an unfortunate naming choice. As a physicist (and hence also mathematician and programmer) this term is already terribly overloaded.
"Slack" is clever because it's not an obscure word but also not something one would normally Google for. Most brandings seem to just opt for really obscure words or made up words, which also works.
- rcthompson 10y agoI'll just add that in biological sciences both "vector" and "matrix" are also overloaded with yet more meanings in addition to the mathematical ones. (e.g. "plasmid vector", "extracellular matrix")
- Arathorn 10y agowell, Matrix is Latin for 'womb', so it's fairly safe to say that the word is heavily overloaded already. Given we have the top google slot (having gone incognito) for Matrix Chat and Matrix Protocol etc. I'm not /that/ worried...
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