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I had a project[1] that was named after a Pokemon. It was a mustache[2] parser so I named it Entei because he has a very fashionable mustache. I changed the nam
by noahmorrison 10y ago
I had a project[1] that was named after a Pokemon. It was a mustache[2] parser so I named it Entei because he has a very fashionable mustache. I changed the name[3] to chevron because I didn't want to deal with Nintendo's lawyers.
[1] https://github.com/noahmorrison/chevron https://github.com/noahmorrison/chevron
[2] https://mustache.github.io/ https://mustache.github.io/
[3] https://github.com/noahmorrison/chevron/commit/42a028f597171e3ef9eacad8be5b79099c048c75 https://github.com/noahmorrison/chevron/commit/42a028f597171...
- jofer 10y agoIf you're worried about lawyers, why change it to the name of one of the largest companies in the world?
- acomjean 10y agoChevron is also a generic dictionary word. (A line or stripes as an inverted V). Its used on military uniforms. And the term "chevron" was used in the game starship titanic, where I learned its meaning.
- zero_iq 10y agoBecause giant international oil companies' lawyers are famously a pushover compared to Nintendo's...?