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I feel like a lot of file formats came out of companies, but even protocol buffers isn't calling itself google protocol buffers. What is it with modern companie
by rjzzleep 5y ago
I feel like a lot of file formats came out of companies, but even protocol buffers isn't calling itself google protocol buffers. What is it with modern companies putting their name everywhere they can?
- rp1 5y agoGrpc?
- tjpnz 5y agoThe g is (allegedly) not for Google.
- rp1 5y agoWhat's it for?
- Rebelgecko 5y agogRPC
- travisd 5y ago> What does gRPC stand for? > gRPC Remote Procedure Calls, of course! https://grpc.io/docs/what-is-grpc/faq/ https://grpc.io/docs/what-is-grpc/faq/
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- moltenguardian 5y agohttps://grpc.github.io/grpc/core/md_doc_g_stands_for.html https://grpc.github.io/grpc/core/md_doc_g_stands_for.html
- SavantIdiot 5y agoIt's funny, I didn't realize protobuf was a Google thing for a long time because of that. At least `protobuf` is a reasonably-specific search term. `ion` returns too much noise. Almost a good reason to name things weirder, like `iyon`. But then they'd get laughed at. EDIT: oh, its a Tagolog name too, and a light company.
- jsnell 5y agoDisambiguation. There is one thing called protobufs. There are hundreds called "ion", a lot of which are more notable than an internal file format. Edit: I was going to paste in a relevant quote from Zarf (i.e. Andrew Plotkin) on naming. Some of his most important programs have total nonsense names like "glulx", and the reasoning was that at least it would be easy to search for when the name is unique. But ironically, "Zarf" is so common a term that I can't find the quote.
- ix101 5y agoNatural file extension will be .ai despite having no relation to AI
- seniorsassycat 5y agoI've seen .ion and .i0n for text and binary ion files. I think amazon ion is like golang - used to clarify meaning not branding