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Another example of developers borrowing terms from other subjects in an effort to big up their projects. See: "Isomorphic" JavaScript.

• nekopa 10y ago
  I feel that may be a little unfair. Maybe he comes from that subject, maybe that seemed like the best word to describe his effort? I don't have the feeling that this is a corporation trying to bamboozle us with marketspeak.
  • coulix 10y ago
    He is French from Paris and yes in this context polyvalent === flexible.
    • nekopa 10y ago
      That's what I thought. So maybe we need to work on the word flexible, and apply it to his library.
    • ciconia 10y ago
      Polyvalent in French rather means someone with multiple competencies, or something which can be used in more than one way.
• ino 10y ago
  It might be a language issue. In Portuguese "polivalente" is a very common word meaning something has many functions. Nobody thinks of chemistry upon hearing it.
  • khedoros 10y ago
    An English equivalent might be multifunctional then, or flexible, as other comments have suggested.