From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
To: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
"Kerry, Richard" <richard.kerry@atos.net>,
"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Ort-merge: What does "ort" mean?
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:22:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPig+cQO6q_caD_KGc4ahSRKDBst+Y30haTbReK3GSwsUfMt6A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BEKJrRkhb2W0SWpjCawG4ZVs8oVuhQ5SJ+7zT331ybhSA@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 2:23 PM Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> wrote:
> It actually has meaning beyond being a joke, though:
>
> * Note: git's parser allows the space between '-s' and its argument to be
> * missing. (Should I have backronymed "ham", "alsa", "kip", "nap, "alvo",
> * "cale", "peedy", or "ins" instead of "ort"?)
> */
>
> However, I learned my lesson -- Eric is way better at coming up with
> names than me[1] so if I need more names in the future, I'll ping him.
> :-)
"Extended LInear Jump AHead" is still my favorite because it sounds
cool. However, I wouldn't sneeze at "UNiversally Systematic Heuristic
Iterative Newtonian Elliptic", which is probably a more apt
description of what you implemented, but I digress.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-24 23:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-24 10:05 Ort-merge: What does "ort" mean? Kerry, Richard
2021-02-24 10:39 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-02-24 10:42 ` brian m. carlson
2021-02-24 19:21 ` Elijah Newren
2021-02-24 23:22 ` Eric Sunshine [this message]
2021-02-24 19:27 ` Elijah Newren
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