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“Could” if that’s not intentional then this browser will fail lol

• steveklabnik 9y ago
  This isn't a browser.
  • eradicatethots 9y ago
    Ummm... it’s for Firefox... no?
    • steveklabnik 9y ago
      I mean, maybe, in theory, someday. But the browser would still be "Firefox", that is, very few people would even be aware of this name, regardless of what the name is.
      • eradicatethots 9y ago
        I think you must’ve taken my comment too seriously... I agree that Firefoxs success does not depend on the meaning behind the name holyjit lol. It was just a joke. The main point was that if they came up with this name without the intention of punning holy shit, I have low confidence in their abilities to succeed in general and with Firefox in particular. But also don’t take this too seriously.
        • always_good 9y ago
          Hopefully you can refrain from such "jokes" in the future. Look how little value this chain and your attempts to explain the joke provide the discussion.
          • eradicatethots 9y ago
            Very frustrating/heartless reply you’ve given me. I’ve really started to lean in the side of “toxic communities (like this one) are bad” lately. Your behavior is awful. You would not say this to me in real life. Here’s an alternative perspective; one person (or even many) not understanding a joke is irrelevant, and probably their fault. I am blameless. The low value I generated is also irrelevant, I don’t exist or speak only to generate value. Your attitude is rude, and toxic, and this bad behavior, and you should not repeat it.
      • k__ 9y ago
        lol, how much of the Firefox today is still Firefox of the beginning? :D
        • mintplant 9y ago
          You'd be surprised. When working on Firefox I regularly run into files with "Copyright 1999 Netscape Communications..." file headers.
          • tmzt 9y ago
            How much of NSPR is left in there? It's been a long time since I looked at the codebase.
            • mintplant 9y ago
              NSPR is still all over the tree. Off the top of my head there's some log functionality, the print format strings, and the environment variable support in use. Searchfox turns up a bunch more: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=PR_&case=true&regexp=false&path=*.cpp https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=PR_&case=true...
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