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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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