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"zip" as a metaphor for compressing something makes even less sense than the zip in functional programming - actually "zip" for compression doesn't make any sen
by cryptos 3y ago
"zip" as a metaphor for compressing something makes even less sense than the zip in functional programming - actually "zip" for compression doesn't make any sense at all. But maybe zip in the context of compression was never meant as a metaphor.
- benj111 3y agoI don't think it was a metaphor, I grew up with it so I always imagined a bag being zipped up. That deemphasises the compression aspect though. I wonder if this influenced 'tarball', or maybe it's just human nature to think of objects in those terms.
- offices 3y agohttp://www.bbsdocumentary.com/library/CONTROVERSY/LAWSUITS/SEA/ http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/library/CONTROVERSY/LAWSUITS/S... >[ZIP] implied speed ("zippy") and sexiness ("zipper") TIL!
- dade_ 3y ago“Unzip, expand, explode... What pervert came up with this?” - unknown
- loloquwowndueo 3y ago$ unzip; strip; touch; finger; grep; mount; fsck; more; yes; fsck; fsck; umount; clean; sleep
- from-nibly 3y agoI always thought about zipping an overfilled suitcase closed to make it smaller.