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Ah, but how would I know that I need to search for "objective-c arc"? There's no mention of Objective-C until well past the midway point of the article. And of
by Stratoscope 12y ago
Ah, but how would I know that I need to search for "objective-c arc"? There's no mention of Objective-C until well past the midway point of the article.
And of course a search for "ARC" turns up all kinds of unrelated topics. In fact, the only software-related reference on the first page of a Google search is Paul Graham's Arc.
It would have been fine if the first mention of ARC in the article was more specific: "Objective-C ARC".
This is different from x86 or WWDC, where the very first match on a Google search is exactly what you'd be looking for.
(FWIW, I upvoted your comment because I always appreciate interesting feedback.)
- mikeash 12y agoFair point. But on the other hand, Objective-C is pretty much all he writes about. Is it really necessary to mention it every time? I understand that it makes life harder if you come in for the first time, but you did figure it out, and I imagine he writes for his usual audience. Personally, I would say that this is a good case for making the HN title different from (more explicit than) the page title, although I know that that way often lies madness. Really, I think this is just another example of how we should name everything using UUIDs rather than pronounceable chains of letters.