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How do you pronounce the name? If libreoffice is bad.. This name is absolutely impossible. Is it captain? Is it cap+n+proto? A lot of collaboration is verbal

How do you pronounce the name? If libreoffice is bad.. This name is absolutely impossible. Is it captain? Is it cap+n+proto? A lot of collaboration is verbal - people sit around and talk about stuff. I don't know if it is a fun take on an American word... But it is impossible to use in the rest of the world. I really wish you would call it something else... Unless it is personal for you :(

haneefmubarak 10y ago
So yeah, in the states, we have this cereal called Cap'n Crunch that some people love. I think he was making a pun out of that. The pronunciation would thus be "cap [the sound the letter 'n' makes] crunch".
- couchand 10y ago
  Seems like a good opportunity to point out that the pun is that the RPC model is based on capabilities. Capabilities and Protobuf -> Cap. 'n' Proto. -> Cap'n Proto
- DonHopkins 10y ago
  Gee, all this time I thought he was hitching his wagon to the right honorable, dapper, charismatic, articulately spoken, upstanding guru of phone phreaking culture.
kentonv 10y ago
CAP-ən PRO-to But "Captain Proto" is acceptable if you have trouble with the contraction. Or you can also think of it as "Cap-and-Proto". Which is an intentional pun ("capabilities and protocols", or something). Googling either of these will get you to the right place, so I think it gets the job done.
- sandGorgon 10y ago
  Protocap maybe? Btw, you rank in the 5th result for "protocap" on Google. Now that's a name all of us can pronounce!
- nemo1618 10y ago
  >Or you can also think of it as "Cap-and-Proto". Which is an intentional pun ("capabilities and protocols", or something). I never realized that! I like the name much more now.
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amelius 10y ago
> How do you pronounce the name? More importantly, how do you Google for it?
- hendzen 10y ago
  At $dayjob we use capnproto as our primary interchange format. I google for 'capnp'.
- dekhn 10y ago
  It's pronounced "cap enn proto". Cap'n is a contraction, you just leave sounds out of the fully expanded word. you can search for cap'n proto in any number of ways, including its literal name [ cap'n proto ] or [ capn proto ] or [ captain proto ].

haneefmubarak 10y ago

So yeah, in the states, we have this cereal called Cap'n Crunch that some people love. I think he was making a pun out of that. The pronunciation would thus be "cap [the sound the letter 'n' makes] crunch".

couchand 10y ago
Seems like a good opportunity to point out that the pun is that the RPC model is based on capabilities. Capabilities and Protobuf -> Cap. 'n' Proto. -> Cap'n Proto
DonHopkins 10y ago
Gee, all this time I thought he was hitching his wagon to the right honorable, dapper, charismatic, articulately spoken, upstanding guru of phone phreaking culture.

kentonv 10y ago

CAP-ən PRO-to But "Captain Proto" is acceptable if you have trouble with the contraction. Or you can also think of it as "Cap-and-Proto". Which is an intentional pun ("capabilities and protocols", or something). Googling either of these will get you to the right place, so I think it gets the job done.

sandGorgon 10y ago
Protocap maybe? Btw, you rank in the 5th result for "protocap" on Google. Now that's a name all of us can pronounce!
nemo1618 10y ago
>Or you can also think of it as "Cap-and-Proto". Which is an intentional pun ("capabilities and protocols", or something). I never realized that! I like the name much more now.

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amelius 10y ago

> How do you pronounce the name? More importantly, how do you Google for it?

hendzen 10y ago
At $dayjob we use capnproto as our primary interchange format. I google for 'capnp'.
dekhn 10y ago
It's pronounced "cap enn proto". Cap'n is a contraction, you just leave sounds out of the fully expanded word. you can search for cap'n proto in any number of ways, including its literal name [ cap'n proto ] or [ capn proto ] or [ captain proto ].