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We just wrote one that does something similar for Typescript if anyone wants us to OSS it... The idea is that any stale code causes a HUGE amount of headache an
by burtonator 6y ago
We just wrote one that does something similar for Typescript if anyone wants us to OSS it... The idea is that any stale code causes a HUGE amount of headache and removing it can be a life safer.
- stuckinaloop 6y agoI you were to OSS it I would definitely use it!
- southpolesteve 6y agoPlease do!
- Coxa 6y ago+1 !
- oars 6y agoWhat does OSS stand for? I know the OS stands for Open Source, but can't quite figure out how this would be used as a verb...
- jdxcode 6y agoit stands for "open-source software". It's never abbreviated as "OS" for obvious reasons.
- oars 6y agoThanks, I guess I'll add "Open Source Software" to my list of unusual yet widely understood verbs. The English language confuses a native German speaker once again!
- sushid 6y agoI wouldn't call it unusual although I hear FOSS more often.
- ygra 6y agoAs a noun I'd agree on it not being unusual, but as a verb it's weird.
- evv 6y agoTo be fair, I am a native english speaker and this is the first time I've seen it used as a verb. "OSS" generally acts as a noun. In this instance I would have used "open source" as the verb of what you could do to your proprietary Software, after which it would become OSS.
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- playpause 6y agoI wouldn’t add that to your list of widely understood verbs based on a single HN comment. Any noun can be (mis)used as a verb in modern English, if speaking very informally, and often with a slight tongue-in-cheek humour about the clunky incorrectness of it. Some examples eventually become mainstream (to google something, to text someone, to roadmap it).
- jdxcode 6y agoOther commenters saying it isn't used as a verb are wrong. They're correct that people never say "I open-source softwared my last project." However you can definitely use "open-source" as a verb: "I open-sourced my last project." It's pretty common. And in this case "OSS" stands for "open-source", not "open-source software". What's confusing you is that when we use the abbreviation "OSS" we're really intended people to read that as "open-source" even though the abbreviation technically means "open-source software". btw, you would never verbally spell out "OSS"—chiefly because it's the same number of syllables as "open-source".
- mkr-plse 6y agoPiranha author here -- Will you be willing to contribute it to Piranha?
- tomkinson 6y ago@burtonator yes curious what you have or maybe it's a better fit under Piranha?
- zacksinclair 6y agoI'd run something like that over my TS repos for sure!
- agustif 6y agoCan't wait to give it a try