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As this is a positive article about git, if the OP reads this, I'd suggest using the word "inexpensive" next time. Cheap often has a negative connotation that s
by prawks 14y ago
As this is a positive article about git, if the OP reads this, I'd suggest using the word "inexpensive" next time. Cheap often has a negative connotation that something is low-cost at the expense of quality.
Just a pet peeve. Git is most certainly not cheaply made.
- override 14y agoIts a title to move eyes on HN, nothing more.
- kfinley 14y agoYes, but the phrase "x is cheap" often means -- just use it. "x is inexpensive" doesn't have the same connotation. E.g. "memory is cheap"
- Cyranix 14y agoI chose the exact same word "cheap" in a tutorial presentation that I made for new hires and co-op students at my current company. No confusion registered in the audience so far.
- _delirium 14y agoI had sort of the same reaction, but it's one of those language pragmatics that seems heavily dependent on context. "Git is cheap" has the first reading to me with the cheap-crappy-gadget connotation, and I only get the intended meaning on the 2nd wave. But if you said "Git branching is cheap", I read that one as intended immediately.