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I love the concept, and I am generally happy with how it works. I think it should catch on. Except the damned name. Come on guys, there are already enough craz

by pen2l 8y ago

I love the concept, and I am generally happy with how it works. I think it should catch on. Except the damned name. Come on guys, there are already enough crazily named things out there, you didn't have to be another one :(

programmarchy 8y ago
You know it's a pun on conch shell, right? ;-)
- dguaraglia 8y ago
  Wouldn't it make more sense if it was called "Ponsh" then? Heck, now that I think of it, "posh" would be a perfect name for a Python-powered shell.
  - gricardo99 8y ago
    Perhaps “pysh”, although that has some negative connotations.
  - jodrellblank 8y ago
    PowerShell went for "pwsh" instead of "posh" because posh is already a name of a shell - https://www.commandlinux.com/man-page/man1/posh.1.html https://www.commandlinux.com/man-page/man1/posh.1.html
    - dguaraglia 8y ago
      Damn. Maybe go for "Posh Again" instead, in the bash tradition :)
- pen2l 8y ago
  That makes it worse. Too many names are based on insider-jokes, too many of it just scares away noobies. posh, I agree, with the other poster, is a fabulous name for something like this
  - itomato 8y ago
    It doesn't even make sense, since "conch" is pronounced "konk".
djsumdog 8y ago
ehh.. I keep wanting to call it "nosh" or spell it "xnosh" but I'm sure if it catches on people will remember. Plus it's easy to use with a search engine, unlike "Go" or "Rust." I will say I prefer names that can be searched for on their own (e.g. with Go people typically search for "Go lang"). And as much as I love Void Linux, it's better named than all the xbps-* package manager commands.
- JdeBP 8y ago
  http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/ http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/ http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/nosh.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/nosh.html (-:
  - djsumdog 8y ago
    oh yes! I forgot about nosh, the process manager/supervisor. :)
    - JdeBP 8y ago
      nosh is the non-shell script processor. pen2l will be reassured to learn that the process supervisor is straightforwardly named. (-: * http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/service-manager.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/service-manager.html
- GordonS 8y ago
  Nosh means something different in the UK... Check Urban Dictionary and you might rethink it as a shell name :P

by pen2l 8y ago

programmarchy 8y ago

You know it's a pun on conch shell, right? ;-)

dguaraglia 8y ago
Wouldn't it make more sense if it was called "Ponsh" then? Heck, now that I think of it, "posh" would be a perfect name for a Python-powered shell.
- gricardo99 8y ago
  Perhaps “pysh”, although that has some negative connotations.
- jodrellblank 8y ago
  PowerShell went for "pwsh" instead of "posh" because posh is already a name of a shell - https://www.commandlinux.com/man-page/man1/posh.1.html https://www.commandlinux.com/man-page/man1/posh.1.html
  - dguaraglia 8y ago
    Damn. Maybe go for "Posh Again" instead, in the bash tradition :)
pen2l 8y ago
That makes it worse. Too many names are based on insider-jokes, too many of it just scares away noobies. posh, I agree, with the other poster, is a fabulous name for something like this
- itomato 8y ago
  It doesn't even make sense, since "conch" is pronounced "konk".

djsumdog 8y ago

ehh.. I keep wanting to call it "nosh" or spell it "xnosh" but I'm sure if it catches on people will remember. Plus it's easy to use with a search engine, unlike "Go" or "Rust." I will say I prefer names that can be searched for on their own (e.g. with Go people typically search for "Go lang"). And as much as I love Void Linux, it's better named than all the xbps-* package manager commands.

JdeBP 8y ago
http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/ http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/ http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/nosh.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/nosh.html (-:
- djsumdog 8y ago
  oh yes! I forgot about nosh, the process manager/supervisor. :)
  - JdeBP 8y ago
    nosh is the non-shell script processor. pen2l will be reassured to learn that the process supervisor is straightforwardly named. (-: * http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/service-manager.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/service-manager.html
GordonS 8y ago
Nosh means something different in the UK... Check Urban Dictionary and you might rethink it as a shell name :P