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Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools

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311 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 11 Dec 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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wpollock ◴[11 Dec 25 18:50 UTC] No.46235391[source]▶
If you didn't already know, what do you think a tool called "emacs" does?
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9rx ◴[11 Dec 25 19:08 UTC] No.46235698[source]▶
If you didn't already know, what do you think a tool called a "combine" does?

Combine things? Nope. Its purpose is to separate things...

Its not just the software industry.

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rkomorn ◴[11 Dec 25 19:12 UTC] No.46235765[source]▶
I'm conflicted because you're not entirely wrong (that it's not just the software industry), but the name is because the combine combines steps that used to be separate.

It's not actually badly named.

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1. 9rx ◴[11 Dec 25 19:31 UTC] No.46236038{3}[source]▶
> I'm conflicted

That's why I chose that specific example! What fun would there be in you not having to think about it?