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Re:Fish shell by s_dev on Monday May 17, 2021 @09:29AM (#27183138)
> Nit: Fish Shell is a bit redundant, as Fish stands for "Friendly Interactive Shell".

Isn't this a common trope with software e.g. "WINE is not an emulator" or people saying "ATM Machine".

Re:Fish shell by cedilla on Monday May 17, 2021 @09:37AM (#27183217)
It is, and "RAS syndrome" (redundant acronym syndrome syndrome) should be encouraged, not avoided.

"PIN number" is easier and faster to understand. Probably better understood than "PI number" or the expanded form. And in this case, a link just named "fish" would have been fairly ambiguous.

Re:Fish shell by toxik on Monday May 17, 2021 @09:34AM (#27183187)
RAM memory

DVD disc

LCD display

We like our nouns to be general, and rather turn the acronym into an adjective. It makes good sense too: PROM memory, BluRay disc, OLED display show their connections

Re:Fish shell by cnity on Monday May 17, 2021 @09:33AM (#27183178)
Your first example is a recursive acronym (actually a backronym in this case), and is deliberate. That's the trope. Redundancy is usually just incorrect but common use of natural language.

Edit: I'm wrong about WINE being a backronym, but it is a recursive acronym.

Re:Fish shell by cedilla on Monday May 17, 2021 @09:38AM (#27183224)
> Redundancy is usually just incorrect

How is it incorrect?

Re:Fish shell by cnity on Monday May 17, 2021 @09:51AM (#27183376)
Perhaps a weaker way of putting it is that it is colloquial, but not proper form.
Re:Fish shell by afarrell on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:26AM (#27183801)
> not proper form

Which is annoying to those who value form more than function.

Re:Fish shell by cnity on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:31AM (#27183858)
Sure. I don't have an opinion one way or another and almost certainly "misuse" acronyms.