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The short summary of it being that these people are beyond terrible at giving names to things.

• kelvinjps10 8mo ago
  The python community has the habit of giving short names for things
• RobotToaster 8mo ago
  Programmers and engineers should never be allowed to name things. I say that as a programmer and engineer.
  • chuckadams 8mo ago
    "We suck at naming things" -- Bjarne Stroustrup, in a talk about SFINAE
  • PunchyHamster 8mo ago
    On one side I agree. On other side I look how marketing people name things and I think we're still better off Imagine if next edition of GCC, released in 2026 was named 2027. Then it was GCC One. Then GCC 720. Then GCC XE. Then just plain GCC. Then GCC Teams
    • mikestew 8mo ago
      And then finally…GNU 720 AssistantDriver. (Tip of the hat to Microsoft’s marketing teams.)