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It's still to his point: > Even when engineers get creative, there’s logic: a butterfly valve actually looks like butterfly wings. You can tell how the name re
by jolmg 10mo ago
It's still to his point:
> Even when engineers get creative, there’s logic: a butterfly valve actually looks like butterfly wings. You can tell how the name relates to what it actually defines, and how it can be memorable.
Editor MACroS still has a logic. It isn't just random.
- wat10000 10mo agoA butterfly valve is a category of thing. The corresponding word for emacs would be "editor." That is entirely descriptive: an editor edits. Picking a specific butterfly valve randomly from an internet search, I find one called the FNW FNWHPA1LSTG24. Product types and categories get generic names, specific products often get weird names. It's true in just about every field.
- jolmg 10mo agoSomeone was probably the first to call their valve a butterfly valve. Emacs can also be taken to be a category of editors. There are multiple emacs-derived editors.
- mvdtnz 10mo agoThat's as good as random.