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Re:Show HN: Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System C... by wlkr on Monday September 07, 2015 @10:00AM (#10181433)
I could very well be feeding a troll here but I found your point, frankly, ludicrous. Cox is itself a valid word [1] with meaning entirely unrelated to the male genitalia. I don't think the library was named after, for instance, a certain English apple but I find the idea of avoiding a library simply because its name happens to be a homophone of a crude word to be absurd; perhaps it is further indicative that one has a tendency to think of others as juvenile?

[1] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cox

Re:Show HN: Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System C... by vezzy-fnord on Monday September 07, 2015 @10:36AM (#10181566)
Cox is also a common English last name.
Re:Show HN: Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System C... by DanBC on Monday September 07, 2015 @11:27AM (#10181754)
Cocks is a much rarer English last name. Some relevance to an HN audience though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Cocks
Re:Show HN: Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System C... by cpplinuxdude on Monday September 07, 2015 @11:49AM (#10181864)
Unfortunately I agree with the comment; please rename.

Other than that: fantastic work.

Re:Show HN: Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System C... by zokier on Monday September 07, 2015 @10:13AM (#10181478)
> some users, ultimately preventing them from using this library

their loss.

Re:Show HN: Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System C... by flohofwoe on Monday September 07, 2015 @11:10AM (#10181682)
Nothing wrong with the name. Almost any combination of letters is a slang for something 'inappropriate' somewhere in the world. [edit] e.g. this is absolutely hilarious to a German: http://de.wix.com/ (wix sounds like German slang for masturbating)
Re:Show HN: Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System C... by beefhash on Monday September 07, 2015 @10:54AM (#10181616)
It could be worse; like getting sued by an ISP named Cox[1].

[1] http://www.cox.com/

Re:Show HN: Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System C... by anta40 on Monday September 07, 2015 @12:14PM (#10181946)
Initally I thought it was written by Russ Cox, one of golang contributors.
Re:Show HN: Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System C... by malft on Monday September 07, 2015 @11:26AM (#10181750)
Awesome! More of this. My competitors making suboptimal decisions based on immaturity or prudishness is free money.
Re:Show HN: Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System C... by forgotmypassw on Monday September 07, 2015 @11:16AM (#10181703)
Just before I went to read the comments I was almost 100% positive I'd see one like that, thanks for not disappointing me.