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That's the only name of internal yahoo projects i really like the Y at the start. They append Y to anything. So there's usually names like YCoolThing. And you
by gcb 15y ago
That's the only name of internal yahoo projects i really like the Y at the start.
They append Y to anything. So there's usually names like YCoolThing. And you go about "why you are questioning CoolThing?!"
but YSlow is just perfect.
- udp 15y ago> So there's usually names like YCoolThing. And you go about "why you are questioning CoolThing?!" How can you read Y as Why? Is it WhyCombinator for you?
- allbutlost 15y agoIm guessing it's both because of homophones in general and the fact that yslow is a deliberate play on this - "why is this page slow?"
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- corin_ 15y agoEverybody says why-combinator, no? Certainly everyone I've ever heard, including interviewers, YC founders, pg...
- udp 15y agoOf course I say why-combinator. He was talking about interpretation of names beginning with `Y`, rather than pronunciation.
- kmfrk 15y agoIt's read that way, but semantically, it refers to an actual thing in computer science, so it's not just a cute name.
- riffraff 15y agowait you don't? As a non native english speaker I do parse it as "ypsilon combinator" but read it "why" anyway :)