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I don’t understand. Can you rephrase this?

• jamil7 7y ago
  The comment is a reference to an email client of the same name. A comment like this appears without fail on every HN post regarding Elm.
  • m000 7y ago
    Which proves the point of @markgall.
    • vito 7y ago
      All it really proves is HN's tendency to tear down projects for any arbitrary reason they can find.
    • penagwin 7y ago
      His point is completely unrelated to elm-lang. So why does it need to be made on every elm-lang thread? This is like complaining about Java every time somebody brings up Javascript.
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  • MichaelGlass 7y ago
    I have recently forked the elm language to produce a much better language. please come to our discourse https://discourse.pine-lang.org https://discourse.pine-lang.org
• khuey 7y ago
  "elm" is also a text-based Unix email client.
  • chrshawkes 7y ago
    Naming/branding is very important. As an example, look at Perl 6 being renamed to Raku.
• burkaman 7y ago
  I think it is a complaint that this language has the same name as an email client that hasn't been updated in 14 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_(email_client) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_(email_client)
• aeonflux 7y ago
  He is complaining that elm reused name of an old email client (which wasn't updated for last 15 years, btw).
• empath75 7y ago
  Literally every time elm is mentioned, someone has to point out the mail client.
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  • phtrivier 7y ago
    Maybe that's a strange form of guerrilla marketing, to actually get people to use the email client ?