[OliverJones]

By this logic, we'd also rename awk to something more "meaninful" because the names of Aho, Kernighan, and Weinberger are just historical artifacts. They are indeed, but we're talking about a real-world "we all talk UNIX" language here that's been around for a long time -- perilously close to 2.14 billion seconds in fact. Lots of people and programs speak, read, and write this UNIX language. It's creeping up on natural human language status. This "which' is a vocabulary word of that language.

Heavily used languages evolve. And you know what? They never evolve healthily when they ban the use of "obsolete" vocabulary. Languages embody history. Even PowerShell!

This language won't benefit from an Académie Française - style iron-fisted rule.

[earthscienceman]

Neither does French, but it doesn't stop them...