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Different meanings in closely related contexts is exactly the point of OP and GP. If you search for 'rust crypto', you get results for Rust cryptographic packa
by sph 4mo ago
Different meanings in closely related contexts is exactly the point of OP and GP.
If you search for 'rust crypto', you get results for Rust cryptographic packages as well as Rust in the cryptocurrency space (as it's become very popular with that audience)
Same with googling 'game dev AI', as I've been doing to learn about behaviour trees/FSM, you get inundated by articles of people with a Claude subscription and a dream.
- Rendello 4mo agoExactly, "crypto" has been hacker jargon for cryptography and its implementations for a long time [a][b]. Since cryptocurrency appeared (and went mainstream), that original jargon has been awash in the tide. a. Like on /r/crypto: https://old.reddit.com/r/crypto/ https://old.reddit.com/r/crypto/ b. "Don't roll your own crypto(graphy)!" is/was a popular hacker slogan: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Don%27t+roll+your+own+crypto https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Don%27t+roll+your+own+crypto