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Re:Show HN: Spade, A simple programming language with a TUI IDE by gota on Saturday January 15, 2022 @12:45PM (#29948444)
It's worth knowing that the name you chose for something is used in something (midly) related - being aware let's you disambiguate if/when the need arises. I was not suggesting a name change.

That said - please don't turn HN into reddit. Joke chains detract and distract from the topic

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Re:Show HN: Spade, A simple programming language with a TUI IDE by analognoise on Saturday January 15, 2022 @02:16PM (#29949267)
I consider it meta commentary at some point - nobody can show off anything without hearing of unrelated, obscure projects.

I was hoping the sarcasm would lead to some larger discussion of naming collisions. The sarcasm was to simply point out that this name already has a tremendous naming collision, with a farming implement we've been using for thousands of years - you can't get any more ridiculous than that.

I think when it comes to naming collisions, we should call a spade a spade, after all...

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