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If I read the command `gat myfile` I would definitely assume you were trying to delete it with prejudice. I would be surprised to see it print to my terminal.

by nawgz 4y ago

If I read the command `gat myfile` I would definitely assume you were trying to delete it with prejudice. I would be surprised to see it print to my terminal. Edit: why downvotes? You can’t use words as commands that invoke a completely different set of connotations than the commands execution does

__MatrixMan__ 4y ago
Given that a `gat` has both an input-side and an output-side, I think it resembles `cat` reasonably well. I'd expect some kind of buffering difference so that the output is "faster" than the input in some way.
jwilk 4y ago
Why delete?
- cosmojg 4y ago
  "gat" is slang for "shoot and kill (with a gun)"
netsharc 4y ago
Looks like the connotation in your head is really obscure, because the downvoters (I'm guessing), a sibling commenter, and I are wondering why "gat" could mean "delete"?
- morelisp 4y ago
  It's slang, but it is well-known slang (and there's not really some other common meaning). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gat#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gat#Verb
- nawgz 4y ago
  The dictionary definition of "gat" is "revolver", does that really qualify as "obscure"? Anyways, in terms of usage I've heard, it is almost exclusively implying you'll brandish and/or apply your gun, maybe this part is more obscure, but if I wrote "stab myfile" I don't think you'd expect me to put the contents in a buffer.
  - netsharc 4y ago
    Well I had to check the dictionary to see what you mean. "stab" would be obvious, but maybe someone needs to go out and ask 100 or a 1000 people on the street what they think of when they hear the word "gat", and maybe then you can congratulate yourself for being in an exclusive minority.
    - t-3 4y ago
      I assure you, gat is a common slang, most Americans on the street would be able to tell you that it's a gun.
    - nawgz 4y ago
      Perhaps it's not fully mainstreamed, but looking at the current conversation it looks to me like the idea is widespread. Really though, I also see no other other usages of the term online, it surprises me you would not simply type in "gat" to a search engine and easily understand my point.
      - netsharc 4y ago
        There's dictionary definition and there's well known usages. In the dictionary "retard" means to slow down or hinder, but if I said "Stop retarding my progress", a "mainstream person" would probably be offended. Anyway, to end the discussion, I guess the downvotes have other causes, and it'll remain a mystery to both of us.
        nawgz 4y ago
        That’s exactly what I’m saying. There IS no other usage of “gat”, just look online, it exclusively is referring to guns. What kind of counter argument is an incorrect analogy misstating something already spoken? Wish you had ended it a comment earlier.
    - jwilk 4y ago
      > "stab" would be obvious Obviously converts spaces to tabs.

by nawgz 4y ago

__MatrixMan__ 4y ago

Given that a `gat` has both an input-side and an output-side, I think it resembles `cat` reasonably well. I'd expect some kind of buffering difference so that the output is "faster" than the input in some way.

jwilk 4y ago

Why delete?

cosmojg 4y ago
"gat" is slang for "shoot and kill (with a gun)"

netsharc 4y ago

Looks like the connotation in your head is really obscure, because the downvoters (I'm guessing), a sibling commenter, and I are wondering why "gat" could mean "delete"?

morelisp 4y ago
It's slang, but it is well-known slang (and there's not really some other common meaning). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gat#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gat#Verb
nawgz 4y ago
The dictionary definition of "gat" is "revolver", does that really qualify as "obscure"? Anyways, in terms of usage I've heard, it is almost exclusively implying you'll brandish and/or apply your gun, maybe this part is more obscure, but if I wrote "stab myfile" I don't think you'd expect me to put the contents in a buffer.
- netsharc 4y ago
  Well I had to check the dictionary to see what you mean. "stab" would be obvious, but maybe someone needs to go out and ask 100 or a 1000 people on the street what they think of when they hear the word "gat", and maybe then you can congratulate yourself for being in an exclusive minority.
  - t-3 4y ago
    I assure you, gat is a common slang, most Americans on the street would be able to tell you that it's a gun.
  - nawgz 4y ago
    Perhaps it's not fully mainstreamed, but looking at the current conversation it looks to me like the idea is widespread. Really though, I also see no other other usages of the term online, it surprises me you would not simply type in "gat" to a search engine and easily understand my point.
    - netsharc 4y ago
      There's dictionary definition and there's well known usages. In the dictionary "retard" means to slow down or hinder, but if I said "Stop retarding my progress", a "mainstream person" would probably be offended. Anyway, to end the discussion, I guess the downvotes have other causes, and it'll remain a mystery to both of us.
      - nawgz 4y ago
        That’s exactly what I’m saying. There IS no other usage of “gat”, just look online, it exclusively is referring to guns. What kind of counter argument is an incorrect analogy misstating something already spoken? Wish you had ended it a comment earlier.
  - jwilk 4y ago
    > "stab" would be obvious Obviously converts spaces to tabs.