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netdevphoenix ◴[17 Nov 25 16:22 UTC] No.45955050[source]▶
Why do programmers have so little imagination when it comes to names? It should almost never be the case that project names conflict
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1. zitterbewegung ◴[17 Nov 25 16:33 UTC] No.45955188[source]▶
There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.

-- Phil Karlton

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2. johnnyo ◴[17 Nov 25 16:39 UTC] No.45955256[source]▶
“There are only two hard things in computer science. Cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.”
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3. roomey ◴[17 Nov 25 16:40 UTC] No.45955263[source]▶
You forgot the "and off by one errors"
4. tracker1 ◴[17 Nov 25 16:54 UTC] No.45955418[source]▶
You forgot "Off by one errors."
5. newswasboring ◴[17 Nov 25 17:04 UTC] No.45955526[source]▶
My favorite form is when someone shouts "concurrency" in the middle of the sentence.
6. javier123454321 ◴[17 Nov 25 17:11 UTC] No.45955611[source]▶
I would add also hearing this quip every time either of those things come up un conversation.
7. begueradj ◴[17 Nov 25 17:21 UTC] No.45955719[source]▶
"There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors"
8. __MatrixMan__ ◴[17 Nov 25 18:01 UTC] No.45956120[source]▶
I've always wondered if he meant coming up with good names or if he meant ensuring that names, however they're chosen, reliably resolve to the named thing.