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Re:Use native context menus on Mac OS by goldenkey on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:13AM (#27275019)
Allowed or legal doesn't imply couth. As far as I can tell, Lodash no longer mentions Underscore anywhere. This seems wrong..as if one wants to look more original than one actually is.

I have no qualms with forks or reimplementations (ie. Android - Java.) I actively support the paradigm.

But in this case, it's pretty shitty to try to erase all evidence of said inspiration. Most forks and reimplementations don't do that. They pay homage to their origin with at least a shout out.

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Re:Use native context menus on Mac OS by capableweb on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:48AM (#27275253)
I don't think Lodash ever "credited" Underscore.js for it's origin. Lodash used to have a "compat" version that promised to work the same as Underscore.js but with better performance, but I think that's about it.

After some digging, it seems like the Lodash website stopped mentioning Underscore.js around 2015 sometime, but even before that, it never had "evidence of said inspiration" as claimed by you.

Here are the versions I looked at:

- https://web.archive.org/web/20120826202523/http://lodash.com...

- https://web.archive.org/web/20130502014523/http://lodash.com...

- https://web.archive.org/web/20140517192947/http://lodash.com...

- https://web.archive.org/web/20150513014815/https://lodash.co...

- https://web.archive.org/web/20160803063412/https://lodash.co...

- https://web.archive.org/web/20170830163720/https://lodash.co...

- https://web.archive.org/web/20180703043557/https://lodash.co...

- https://web.archive.org/web/20190803030353/https://lodash.co...

- https://web.archive.org/web/20200615092636/http://lodash.com...

- https://web.archive.org/web/20210314233141/https://lodash.co...

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Re:Use native context menus on Mac OS by goldenkey on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:30AM (#27277247)
Good digging. The 2012 banner is

    > A drop-in replacement\* for Underscore.js
I'd consider this to be an admission of where the API came from.

You are right though, my memory failed me. No mention of forking.. Shameless!

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