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How come all of google's size-related software ends in 'li'? Zopfli, brotli, knusperli...
by earenndil 7y ago
How come all of google's size-related software ends in 'li'? Zopfli, brotli, knusperli...
- trias 7y agoThey are developed in switzerland
- spider-mario 7y agoIt’s the Swiss German suffix for forming diminutives (as “booklet” is to “book” in English): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-li#Alemannic_German https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-li#Alemannic_German And that’s because those codecs are developed at Google Zürich. Knusperli, Brotli, Brunsli… those are all pastries (Brot means “bread” in German).