News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Greppability is an underrated code metric. Parent comment

Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by kagevf on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @03:42AM (#41432330)
> able to hold

Would "grasp" work?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by octocop on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @03:58AM (#41432438)
It's closer to grip
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by n_plus_1_acc on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @04:41AM (#41432692)
I've always related grep to grab
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by trashtester on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @06:18AM (#41433301)
"zu greifen" may best translate to "to grip", but "grip" has different mental connotations in English (it refers to mental stability, not intellectual insight).

The best dual purpose translation of "zu greifen"/"gripe" (German/Scandinavian) meaning "zu begreifen"/"begripe"/"understand" would be "to grasp", which covers both physically grabbing into something and also to understand it intellectually.

All these words stem back to the Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ, which more or less completes the circle back to "grep".

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by lordgrenville on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @07:54AM (#41434011)
related to "grok"?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by trashtester on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @08:58AM (#41434522)
grok /ɡrɒk/

Origin 1960s: a word invented by Robert Heinlein (1907–88), American author.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by actionfromafar on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @06:43AM (#41433441)
Yes. "Grasping for straws."
[ Parent | on HN ]