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From another independent language developer, good luck to you. I know this may not feel constructive but I'm going to say it anyway: the name of the language i
by norir 2y ago
From another independent language developer, good luck to you.
I know this may not feel constructive but I'm going to say it anyway: the name of the language is a huge turnoff for me. I try to avoid janky things and use the word as a pejorative. It isn't that different to me than naming the language crap.
- Jeaye 2y agoMuch appreciated! Keep at it. :)
- overengineer 2y agoEver heard of a program named "git"? It is a British slang
- Koshcheiushko 2y agoYeah. Jank sounds like Junk. OP should consider changing it into some short form like J.
- Jeaye 2y agoJ is my name though!
- hu3 2y agoJet Jazz Just Jupiter Jalapeno JNet and similar Jumbo Jambo
- binary132 2y agoI hate it when people name things random fun or clever words. It’s got to have some thought behind it. A name isn’t just a random label. That’s how you get variables all over your codebase named “stuff” and “thing” and “foo”.
- karmakaze 2y agoLike CockroachDB? Such names are memorable--you've already memorized it.
- jonas21 2y agoCockroaches may be gross, but they have the property that they can survive almost anything -- which is of course what you want from a distributed, fault-tolerant database. As far as I know, "jank" only has negative connotations, and a quick glance at the website did not provide an alternate interpretation of the name. Also, if the author is looking for sponsors, some companies might be reluctant to be a proud sponsor of jank.
- pbronez 2y agoCan’t one “juke and jank” as you “zig and zag”?
- manelvf 2y ago"Testacular" comes to my mind too