Attaching the name doesn't even tell you who came up with it, in general. Unfortunately, it can be hard to generate names which are a) descriptive, b) distinct

Attaching the name doesn't even tell you who came up with it, in general. Unfortunately, it can be hard to generate names which are a) descriptive, b) distinct, c) short. But we've done pretty okay with sorting algorithms, and I definitely feel that more is possible.