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What's the rationale for naming it after yourself?
by fooker 11mo ago
What's the rationale for naming it after yourself?
- airstrike 11mo agoPride is as good a reason as any other
- quotemstr 11mo agoThroughout history, the prospect of glory has motivated people to do great deeds. Nothing wrong with it now.
- nospice 11mo agoCough Linux cough You're getting cool tech for free. You can use it or not use it. Complaining about the name is weird.
- mxey 11mo agoLinus didn’t name Linux, someone else named it after him.
- fooker 11mo agoHe did name git after himself though :)
- cryptonector 11mo agoI guess you're kidding, but just in case: no he didn't. The "git" was Larry McVoy.
- yjftsjthsd-h 11mo agoAnother option: It's genuinely easier, for what amounts to namespacing reasons. Like, if I came up with a cool new C compiler, I'd probably name it ${MYNAME}cc just because that's an easy identifier that is very unlikely to have a collision and doesn't require me to spend time thinking of some name that is clever, unique, and accurately conveys what the project is about.
- lioeters 11mo agoMeh, a lot of people name their projects or product series using puns on their own name, or an abbreviation, not from pride or ego at all but simply for convenience of a unique namespace.