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Are we sure it should get a single-letter 'q' binary name though? Docs seem to point that it's short for 'query-json'? Why not call it 'query-json' and let the
by toastal 6y ago
Are we sure it should get a single-letter 'q' binary name though? Docs seem to point that it's short for 'query-json'? Why not call it 'query-json' and let the user decide that as a shell alias or whatever. Even the ubiquitous 'ls' and 'cd' are two characters.
- mritchie712 6y agoor at least qj
- davesnx 6y agoI don't want to fight for name, q was a shortener. Happy to rename it to qj instead, but the option of renaming the binary it's a good workaround.
- toastal 6y agoGiven these are two of the least-used characters in English and basically never appear in this sequence, it would certainly help for all the reasons people are mentioning. It'd at least follow suit with like 'rg' for 'ripgrep'.
- rurban 6y agoI made the same argument to him on reddit. q even exists already. He replied and thought about qj
- Hnrobert42 6y agoYeah. Can you imagine trying to do a web search for ‘q’?
- pinopinopino 6y agoI can and it is lightly disturbing. https://imgur.com/a/yAOF31g https://imgur.com/a/yAOF31g ^_^
- pinopinopino 6y agoGqd, look how that looks like 666, edit distance is 3. Turn around the letters. Here have a timeline: https://imgur.com/a/aQYnKLm https://imgur.com/a/aQYnKLm
- yboris 6y ago"Gqd" = graphene quantum dot ?
- pinopinopino 6y agoI think it is a pun on God ^_^
- tehbeard 6y agoI was hoping for some star trek shenanigans... I am disappointed.
- mumblemumble 6y agoAppropriating Shepard Fairey's graphical style into a QAnon T-shirt and then wearing it to a Trump rally is an arresting masterwork of postmodernism. One wonders: is the wearer trolling the rally, or is he trolling himself? Perhaps we are all trolls. Perhaps we have all been trolled. HAND.
- vincnetas 6y agoAnd there's also this 'q': http://harelba.github.io/q/ http://harelba.github.io/q/ Query CSV with SQL
- V6HBGNQHU 6y agoSeems in the past hour he has renamed it to query-json and suggests that you set your own alias if you want something shorter.
- davesnx 6y agoRenamed already :D
- nondave 6y agoAlso clashes with this existing q: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(programming_language_from_Kx_Systems) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(programming_language_from...
- stingraycharles 6y agoWhich is relatively established and widely used (although mainly in finance). It was the first thing I thought about.