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I always say 'bin' as 'bine' in relation to the folder. This is a hill I will die on. It's short for binary. And a 'bin' is where you put your rubbish, not you
by mlmartin 6y ago
I always say 'bin' as 'bine' in relation to the folder. This is a hill I will die on.
It's short for binary. And a 'bin' is where you put your rubbish, not your hard work.
- asxd 6y agoThis kind of flipped a switch in my brain, that makes a lot more sense than the "trash bin" pronunciation. However, I will continue saying "bin" because old habits die hard and "bine" just sounds wrong to my brain for no good reason :)
- aksss 6y agoIt sounds dangerously like “bind”, so that might introduce some confusion in a circle that is accustomed to “bin”.
- asxd 6y agoI'm mostly a casual linux user, so honestly asking, why is sounding like "bind" dangerous? -- edit: A quick search turned up the `bind` command to bind a name to a socket. That makes sense.
- aksss 6y agoI was thinking more about the bind dns server when I made the comment, but yeah. Just thinking that verbally referring to the “bine” folder might cause confusion in certain contexts, where “bin” pronunciation avoids it entirely.
- defaultcompany 6y agoAlso BIND is the Berkeley internet name daemon aka DNS server.
- doctorphil 6y agoDo you also call /lib 'libe'? Or are you okay with 'lib' as it's not conflicting with other meanings?
- creeble 6y agoI’m the only gray-beard hacker I know that pronounces it ‘libe’. But bin is bin. Not sure why, really.
- Goz3rr 6y agoDo you also pronounce char as in character or as in charcoal?
- colordrops 6y agoI pronounce it as "car". Don't know where that came from.
- asxd 6y agoI think this pronunciation sounds right because it comes from "character", which doesn't have the "ch" sound.
- Lio 6y agoExcept if it's a parts bin maybe. ;)
- asxd 6y agoIt's an odd coincidence that shortening "binaries" to "bin" makes sense in this way, but you're right, /bin is a literally a bin to put your binaries.