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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)
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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If they had said cineplex would that have been more meaningful?

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

Sure but only because I’m old enough to understand that. It still would have zero meaning for anyone under 25-30. Like someone else said, multiplex only makes sense if you’re over 40 (which I’m not). So literally in 10 years you can go through two different naming conventions and have literally the next generation not know what you are talking about

Only choosing meaningful names really doesn’t work anymore. Stuff moves too fast, language moves too fast, and things change constantly.