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Missed opportunity to call it copperhead.
by leetrout 5y ago
Missed opportunity to call it copperhead.
- unwind 5y agoOr, if it also contained an implementation of a Rails-workalike, Iron Snake [1]. Sometimes I want to start a project just to use a neat name I happened to come up with. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Snake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Snake
- na85 5y agoRust is specifically the name for iron oxide. Technically speaking, copper doesn't "rust". It oxidizes.
- leetrout 5y agoSure, just thinking of the rusty brown color
- masklinn 5y agoSure but that's still only two levels of separation from rust, so probably good enough for a pun. And technically iron oxide is already removed from the "true name": according to Graydon's recollection[0] it was named after the fungi[1]. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/27jvdt/internet_archaeology_the_definitive_endall_source/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/27jvdt/internet_archa... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus)
- usmannk 5y agoHow interesting. I learned of the fungus just a few days ago when I found it on a houseplant of mine. That's a fun connection. The fungus looks a lot like pest eggs, so it was a relative relief to discover.
- pmontra 5y agoThis is not only an English thing. In Italian rust is ruggine and those fungi in Italian are ruggine too.
- webmaven 5y agoVerdigris is the copper equivalent of rust.
- ralgozino 5y ago> Missed opportunity to call it copperhead. I was thinking on Ruston, I really like it and it's a word play with "a ton of rust" :)