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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by Tade0 on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @06:12AM (#32822421)
Seems that names for projects follow the same rule as troll names in the japanese light novel Overlord.

Short names, like "Gru" were reserved for the most powerful trolls because there were only so many combinations of three letters. Long names on the other hand were a sign of weakness and cowardice - bringing ridicule to those who introduced themselves like that.

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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by HPsquared on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @06:44AM (#32822610)
Sed and awk kind of sound like high-level troll names.
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by koolba on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @08:08AM (#32823248)
Both of which cower in fear when vi strolls by.
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by Karellen on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @09:17AM (#32823865)
All fear the mighty `w`, `X`, and, most terrifying of all due to the uncertainty of their proper pronunciation, `[`!
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by koolba on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:25PM (#32828312)
But even he respects the one true troll :!
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by JosephGuerra on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @09:13AM (#32823817)
Bill, Bert, Tom, Sed and Awk. It kind of works.
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by hulitu on Thursday September 15, 2022 @02:14PM (#32856156)
Awk, i underestand (Aho, We...) but sed ? Stream editor ?
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by smsm42 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @01:52AM (#32875114)
Yes.
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by OrangeMonkey on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @07:10AM (#32822789)
I was literally - minutes ago - watching Overlord then saw this message just now. Small world sometimes. Rich world building that it can be referenced easily.
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by Tade0 on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @07:25AM (#32822906)
I hesitated to mention it because of the stigma associated with weebetry, but I'm glad I did.

After all hackers were always - by and large - weebs, with their fascination with martial arts and Japanese culture.

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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by bombcar on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @11:14AM (#32825384)
If you are going up against Gothmark, Destroyer of Worlds you might have a chance. But if everyone calls the big bad Dennis you’re pretty much doomed.
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by davidkunz on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @06:52AM (#32822661)
An indicator of the dangers of C.
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by adhesive_wombat on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @07:10AM (#32822788)
Back when a C functions and variables could only be 8 chars long[1], mid-to-high-level trolls lurk at every line.

[1]: or rather, if they were longer, the first 8 had to be unique.

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