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It's been a trend for a while, now. Instead of using something that is intuitive like "gcc" for GNU Compiler Collection, everyone just picks a random word that
by na85 10y ago
It's been a trend for a while, now. Instead of using something that is intuitive like "gcc" for GNU Compiler Collection, everyone just picks a random word that is only slightly a propos and then calls their product by that obscure name.
I'm going to launch a Web app using monads-as-a-service built with docker and emscripten and deployed via packmule.io that will translate all these stupid names to actually-useful definitions.
I'll call it Language.
- Brendinooo 10y agoI'm guessing you wouldn't name a computer company "Apple", a search engine "Google", or a shopping site "Amazon"? gcc isn't particularly intuitive anyways; you have to learn what the acronym is, then you have to learn what another acronym is, and then after you learn what a recursive acronym is, you realize you have to research further to understand what it means...
- na85 10y agoYou're mistaking the ease of comprehension with the ease of recall. Do you think I'll remember what Flat is in 8 months? Nope. You can bet the first time I learned about GCC I remembered what it stood for, though. Same goes for things like ALSA. That is a descriptive name that's easy to pronounce. Meanwhile I'm trying to remember the difference between Square, Stripe, and Box. One of them is a payment processor and which one is it again? The difference with Apple and Google is that they have massive advertising budgets to overcome that obstacle.
- paublyrne 10y agoWell Flat is a musical reference in this case so it's not far out. This is also a blog post rather than a press release as such.