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by kbenson 3030 days ago
> My only gripe with this eco-system is that it constantly comes up with new names and concepts for things that already exist in the FP world.

I agree, but I think it's easy to see how it happens. It's an impediment to adoption of the project if people don't understand what you're talking about, so simplistic shorthand is used initially to get people up to speed, and then you find that your temporary names have become engraved in stone for the vast majority of your users. People being how they are, you're just as likely to get them to change editors as change terminology at that point.