Re: On new names for "Deity"
Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:
> a) it sounds dumb - how am i supposed to keep a straight face when
> telling people to run "trove"?
>
> b) it is counter-intuitive - if there is any mnemonic or link
> betweeen its name and its function, it is an awfully contrived
> one.
Proper names very quickly get divorced in your mind from their English
meaning. If you don't believe me, start making a list of car names
that are actual English words.
I like both trove and deity.
Hmmm..
Trove Radically Obfuscates Virtually Everything
Trove Radiates Odors Very Effortlessly
Trove Really Outdoes Vanilla Emulators
Guy
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