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Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by medstrom on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @06:31AM (#41433372)
Norwegian still translates grep as "grip"/"grab". I always thought of grepping as reaching in with a hand into the text and grabbing lines. That association is close at hand (insert lame chuckle) for German and English speakers too.
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Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @06:45AM (#41433458)
In English that association is going to depend a lot on one's accent; until now I've never associated grep-ing with anything other than using grep! (But, equally, that might just be a me thing.)
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Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by bee_rider on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @07:42AM (#41433892)
It doesn’t sound anything like grip in my accent but for some reason the association has always been there for me. Grabbing or ripping parts from the file.
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Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by medstrom on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @08:30AM (#41434316)
What about groping? Groping around for text.
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