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In case anyone wonders why they are called German strings: the article mentions the "research predecessor" of Cedar, Umbra. Umbra is a project of TU (technical

In case anyone wonders why they are called German strings: the article mentions the "research predecessor" of Cedar, Umbra. Umbra is a project of TU (technical university) Munich, Germany.

weinzierl 10mo ago
They maybe should be better called *Kemper Strings" then?
- f1shy 10mo ago
  Probably. Or just SSO, as it is basically a very well known name already.
  - ninju 10mo ago
    What does SSO stand for (asking for a friend)
    - weinzierl 10mo ago
      In this context, Short String Optimization and not the usual Single Sign On.
- pseudohadamard 10mo ago
  I'm gonna vote for KarlValentinStruempfe.
f1shy 10mo ago
I knew the C++ strings were optimized so. I do not like calling them "German". First time I see them called so (I know it, you can search yourself, as SSO -short string opt.), and looks as some kind of nationalist pride thing to me. Is certainly not a unique or new idea, many scheme/lisps implementations do that for strings AND numbers. Downvotes coming from other connationals :) love you! I know… never say anything bad about Vaterland
- maweki 10mo ago
  What do you like to call Hungarian notation?
  - masklinn 10mo ago
    "System's Horrendous Pile Of Shit". If anyone ever referred to Apps Hungarian that would be "Simonyi's Wish For A Proper Type System", but nobody ever does.
  - f1shy 10mo ago
    I don’t know any other name for it. While this strings are basically SSO (or a twist of it).
    - aidenn0 10mo ago
      From TFA and AndyP's slides it seems to specifically refer to a variant of SSO where, for large strings, a fixed-sized prefix of the string is stored along-side the pointer, in the same location as that fixed-size prefix would be fore SSO strings. This means that strings lacking a common prefix can be quickly compared without pointer-chasing (or even knowing if they are small vs large).
      - f1shy 10mo ago
        Well read. basically SSO (or a twist of it)
  - magnat 10mo ago
    Also: * Reverse polish notation * Chinese remainder theorem * Byzantine generals problem
    - f1shy 10mo ago
      All names given by people who were NOT of that nationality.
- 10mo ago

In case anyone wonders why they are called German strings: the article mentions the "research predecessor" of Cedar, Umbra. Umbra is a project of TU (technical university) Munich, Germany.

weinzierl 10mo ago

They maybe should be better called *Kemper Strings" then?

f1shy 10mo ago
Probably. Or just SSO, as it is basically a very well known name already.
- ninju 10mo ago
  What does SSO stand for (asking for a friend)
  - weinzierl 10mo ago
    In this context, Short String Optimization and not the usual Single Sign On.
pseudohadamard 10mo ago
I'm gonna vote for KarlValentinStruempfe.

f1shy 10mo ago

I knew the C++ strings were optimized so. I do not like calling them "German". First time I see them called so (I know it, you can search yourself, as SSO -short string opt.), and looks as some kind of nationalist pride thing to me. Is certainly not a unique or new idea, many scheme/lisps implementations do that for strings AND numbers. Downvotes coming from other connationals :) love you! I know… never say anything bad about Vaterland

maweki 10mo ago
What do you like to call Hungarian notation?
- masklinn 10mo ago
  "System's Horrendous Pile Of Shit". If anyone ever referred to Apps Hungarian that would be "Simonyi's Wish For A Proper Type System", but nobody ever does.
- f1shy 10mo ago
  I don’t know any other name for it. While this strings are basically SSO (or a twist of it).
  - aidenn0 10mo ago
    From TFA and AndyP's slides it seems to specifically refer to a variant of SSO where, for large strings, a fixed-sized prefix of the string is stored along-side the pointer, in the same location as that fixed-size prefix would be fore SSO strings. This means that strings lacking a common prefix can be quickly compared without pointer-chasing (or even knowing if they are small vs large).
    - f1shy 10mo ago
      Well read. basically SSO (or a twist of it)
- magnat 10mo ago
  Also: * Reverse polish notation * Chinese remainder theorem * Byzantine generals problem
  - f1shy 10mo ago
    All names given by people who were NOT of that nationality.
10mo ago