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Why TF would you name an HTML parser BeautifulSoup?
by psunavy03 3y ago
Why TF would you name an HTML parser BeautifulSoup?
- nijave 3y agoI Googled it, apparently it comes from this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_soup https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_soup
- psunavy03 3y agoOK, I get it, but when I'm trying to write automation for a shop that isn't natively Python-savvy (long story short, it made sense when I started a side project which evolved), if I use that library and ever move on, I now have to document in comments or somewhere WTF "BeautifulSoup" means. Because of some rando's inside joke they thought was funny.
- Lammy 3y agoThis is actually one reason I prefer the Ruby ecosystem — whimsy is still welcome. The world has enough Noun Manager projects.
- psunavy03 3y agoWhen I'm trying to figure out how to build a side project for my team and simultaneously fighting company bureaucracy who reflexively stonewalls things on the order of "no one's done that before, we need permission," I don't also want to deal with some immature idiot's stupid namespace. I want a damned Noun Manager for my own sanity's sake.
- benji-york 3y agoThe name is also a reference to Alice in Wonderland.