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I just wish people and companies would get over this "react(ive)" naming fetish. It reminds me of back in the late 90's when everything was Web-this and Web-th
by tunesmith 12y ago
I just wish people and companies would get over this "react(ive)" naming fetish. It reminds me of back in the late 90's when everything was Web-this and Web-that. It makes the distinctions really hard to google for. React, reactive, functional-reactive, etc. Overloading gets in the way of learning and progress.
- tel 12y agoTo be fair, the term "functional reactive" was invented by Conal Elliott and Paul Hudak back in '97 [0] and has merely been co-opted recently by the "reactive" buzz. Which is a shame since genuine FRP is quite a bit nicer than most modern bits and pieces still. [0] http://conal.net/papers/icfp97/ http://conal.net/papers/icfp97/
- lobster_johnson 12y agoI don't see the complaint. It's "React", not "Reactive" — even though React is inspired by principles from reactive programming, it is only tangentially related, and I don't see how it can be construed as an instance of fethisism, or how you could possibly find it so offensive. You can interpret the name in any number of ways. UIs are all about "reacting" to user input and data changes, for example.