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by fizixer 4023 days ago
Am I the only one who is seriously annoyed by the naming of this library?

I mean if I work at Google and create a C library, should I name it 'Google Pointer'? or a C++ library called 'Google Inheritance'? maybe a Haskell library called 'Google Monad'.

Aaaargh!

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And imagine the outrage that would result if you had the audacity to commandeer the technical term "chrome" by naming your web browser "Google Chrome". :)
I thought Chrome was the OS.....

Using the same name for two distinct products does not end well. I think we would have all learned from the .NET naming at Microsoft, where suddenly everything was .Net (Office .net etc etc etc)