Re:Locking in WebKit (2016)
by dziulius on Monday December 17, 2018 @05:48AM
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Nice name for the namespace (`WTF`).
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I've always loved that both webkit and gecko (MFBT -- mozilla framework for building templates) use vaguely non-work-safe acronyms of their template frameworks.
Re:Locking in WebKit (2016)
by chrisparton1991 on Monday December 17, 2018 @06:15AM
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In a similar vein, Android has Log.wtf, which stands for "What a Terrible Failure".
_Suuuure_ it does...
I remember when TheDailyWTF.com tried to rebrand for advertisers as "Daily Worse Than Failure". Nobody fell for it then either...
I recall a talk someone from microsoft gave about needing to create another driver in windows xp fairly late in the process and they gave it a NSFW name/acronym and then retroactively came up with a working name that fit the acronym. Apparently it's still in use today. I can't remember what the driver is though.
AFD. Ancillary Function Driver
Yup that looks like it.
We use BlackBerry Works...
For those curious, WTF stands for “Web Template Framework”.