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It's also used in libjpeg: https://github.com/kornelski/libjpeg/blob/master/libjpeg.doc#L1446 https://github.com/kornelski/libjpeg/blob/master/libjpeg.doc... M

It's also used in libjpeg: https://github.com/kornelski/libjpeg/blob/master/libjpeg.doc#L1446 https://github.com/kornelski/libjpeg/blob/master/libjpeg.doc... Maybe it's used as a sort of shibboleth and accidentally escaped internal communication into source code? It does not seem to be spreading very much, though.

saurik 5y ago
The original developer of libjpeg is Tom Lane, who is the same lead developer who uses this term at PostgreSQL. https://handwiki.org/wiki/Biography:Tom_Lane_(computer_scientist) https://handwiki.org/wiki/Biography:Tom_Lane_(computer_scien...
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wyldfire 5y ago
Showing up on HN is a bit of a superspreader event.
- markstos 5y ago
  Username checks out.
  - selimthegrim 5y ago
    Clearly there are no Andromeda Strain fans here.
    - wyldfire 5y ago
      Good call -- that's exactly where I got the name!