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I know this is a stupid objection, but I suspect one of the main impedances to takeup is going to be its stupid name. It's trivial I know, bikeshedding I know,

by samhw 5y ago

I know this is a stupid objection, but I suspect one of the main impedances to takeup is going to be its stupid name. It's trivial I know, bikeshedding I know, but come on, "RELAX NG"? Like, how do you pronounce that? I want to say 'Relax-ung', but it sounds odd, like you're trying to say "relaxing" but failing; or maybe 'Relax Nig', but that sounds like something you'd see in an HN thread on Timnit Gebru's firing. It doesn't feel like the naming was considered from a normal human point of view, as opposed to from the golden mountain of abstraction.

DonHopkins 5y ago
RELAX NG was a combination of Makoto Murata's work on RELAX, an acronym for "REgular LAnguage description for Xml", and James Clark's work on "TREX", an acronym for "Tree Regular EXpressions". They could have pulled a slick smooth move and called it "TREX-LAX", for "Tree Regular EXpressions for LAnguages of Xml", which rolls off the tongue more mellifluously! TREX-LAX: It makes your XML nice and regular, and keeps you shit moving smoothly. https://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/fedex-and-ex-lax-battle-for-rights-to-promotional-slogan.1616/ https://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/fedex-and-ex-lax... >FedEx and Ex-Lax battle for rights to promotional slogan