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No, that’s not only slang in California. We all know why you think it’s a terrible name.

Even if someone agrees, it just has no bearing on the real conversation here.


"Naming things" is jokingly referred to as the hardest part of computer science.

I remember a TON of articles written about Go, and how the name would impact search ratings, etc - and about how a modern language could never be called "C" because it wasn't "Googleable".

Naming things is definitely a "thing" we all talk about, constantly.




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