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Mutex isn't latin. The plural of mutex is mutexes.
by eterm 1y ago
Mutex isn't latin. The plural of mutex is mutexes.
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- verandaguy 1y agoIt’s a running joke in the field to have exotic pluralizations. Mutex->mutices is one, box->boxen (by analogy to oxen) is also pretty common. We need more casual light-heartedness in this line of work considering how much casual bullshit there is.
- zabzonk 1y ago> box->boxen (by analogy to oxen) is also pretty common. Not to mention (from way back when) VAX -> VAXen.
- hcs 1y ago> there's two hard problems in computer science: we only have one joke and it's not funny. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42046226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42046226
- remix2000 1y agoExcept it actually is Latin. Both "mutual" and "exclusive" are borrowings from Latin.
- tialaramex 1y agoNo, it's an English word. The fact it's related, distantly, to some words in Latin doesn't mean mutex is Latin.
- remix2000 1y agoI'm pretty sure you could construct it in many other modern languages that have some Latin influence as well… So why do you think "index" is a Latin word and "mutex" isn't then?
- tialaramex 1y agoI don't think "index" is a Latin word? You're probably asking the wrong person, I am quite comfortable to say indexes, and indeed sheeps -- it's an English word I can just put the -S noise at the end to pluralize it and that'll be fine even if (as with ox) there is a special case rule that some people insist matters for this word or that one. Likewise I'm comfortable with "Can't nobody prove nothing", which I think is a succinct way to express an opinion that would be rather awkward when expressed in the prestige dialects of English instead.
- anticensor 1y agoplural of mutex is indeed exmut (exclusive mutation) :)