News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Names should be cute, not descriptive. Parent comment

Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive by atoav on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @01:31PM (#34329280)
> I find it more of the problem when people make a good library that solves a problem with a predictable name, but then they give their library some other cute name

This is why I said Boaty McBoatface. You look for Boats? It has "boat" literally two times in it's name.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive by nsonha on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @08:13PM (#34333727)
No you were clearly arguing for "memorable". Do you argree now that it's a worthless quality for a name? (in software engineering)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive by atoav on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @03:20AM (#34336309)
I disagree that it is worthless.

What I agree with is that it is not strictly necessary, but that is a label that you can stick on a lot of things. Things that make our lives easier. Memorability of names is not a necessity in software engineering, just as is descriptiveness, but it certainly does not hurt.

[ Parent | on HN ]