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> I'm always so confused by the nomenclature in homebrew. Even beyond all the beer terminology It is even worse if you aren't a native english speaker. English
by electricslpnsld 9y ago
> I'm always so confused by the nomenclature in homebrew. Even beyond all the beer terminology
It is even worse if you aren't a native english speaker. English beer brewing terminology is not part of most language curricula! I enjoy a bit of whimsy as much as the next person, but some precision terminology would suit the toolset better.
It also incenses my French colleague who insists that wine technology is superior to beer technology.
- abritinthebay 9y agoTell him that might have been true when French wine was superior but that was long ago. ... just to watch his blood pressure rise.
- titanix2 9y agoYes, as a non native speaker this terminology is really annoying. This is funny 2 seconds but should be an easter egg, not part of the real documentation or tool. That’s one more reason for me to stick with MacPorts.
- brandonmenc 9y agoUgh, yes. Agree. Taps? Casks? Kegs? None of these terms map well to anything. It's like if git used a car analogy and called repos "wheels", commits "blinkers", and branches "exhaust pipes". Maybe it makes sense to people who brew beer, but I doubt it. It's just cutesy for cutesy's sake, and too many projects do this.
- dragonshed 9y agoAs someone who used to brew beer, and probably drank too much, I can definitively say it doesn't map well period. I posit the reuse of nouns from apt would have greatly reduced confusion.