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by jarin 5854 days ago
Developers hate frivolous and silly names for protocols and software packages. Just look at Cocoa, Groovy, Sinatra, PubSubHubbub, and acts_as_taggable_on_steroids.
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gte910h 5854 days ago
I wasn't aware of anyone having emotions about any names since I heard an 18 year raging about how to pronounce "GNU" when I was in college.
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