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by edgyquant 1243 days ago
gen_server to me is “generate a server”
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I associate “gen” more with “generation”, in the sense of “gen Z”. In any case, it’s confusing.

With code completion you shouldn’t have to resort to abbreviations (unless they are already part of the (business) domain language). This was different in the 1980s though.