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> Ok, grep is a misnomer, but can we assume it was named binless and talk about the merits of this tool? The name of the tool is part of the tool, and part of
by falsedan 9y ago
> Ok, grep is a misnomer, but can we assume it was named binless and talk about the merits of this tool?
The name of the tool is part of the tool, and part of using it will be for me to share it with other people & explain, it's called bingrep by it's not like grep (despite what the project readme says). People who are busy may see that as a signal that the project values communication lower than features, or that they made a mistake and either: know they did but choose not to acknowledge/act to fix it; or don't recognize it (how many other mistakes might they have made? Any which affect its operation?)
Like this is the impression a colleague might get when spending 5 seconds listening to me mention it to them when getting a fresh coffee refill from the office kitchen.
- coldtea 9y agotl;dr; name is important, we'd rather discuss it than the actual features on offer, lest somebody else gets confused by it.
- falsedan 9y agotl;dr my comment? You missed it: attitudes towards superficial stuff (like naming/accessibility/documentation) are used as proxies for important stuff (features, support, community) by people who don't have time to evaluate every possible product (busy engineers + management who can sign purchase orders).