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Yeah I hate when they do that.
In the tech world in general too. So many names that are overly complicated (because they think it makes them sound smart) don't exactly describe what the do (and just sound "techy" or quirky), or given to the most outright basic things just to make the programmer be able to say they know how to do [Complicated sounding name Paradigm] and sound super knowledgable when all they do is write an if at the top of the function(just an example).
It's not that they're trying to confuse people on purpose *PER SE*.
When you can't make something smart, just call what you already do in a smart way - It's a form of trying to make yourself look "bigger than you are".
Confusing people is just their way to make people think something is smarter than it actually is.
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Stackoverflow.
Amen :p
Such a relief
> Your concern is entirely valid—naming can significantly affect how intuitive a concept feels. The term "object safe" in Rust might seem odd or even misleading if we approach it from a traditional object‑oriented perspective.
can rust please stop trying to be "different" for the sake of being different. Dumbest thing. Just call things what they are. What's the point of words if you're not actually accurately using them. Especially for a programming language, which is based on math and logical systems. Like how. Why. Stop. Antithesis to the mindset that should be making languages to begin with if you can't do logic with the words that already exist. Horrible sales pitch. Are they trying to confuse people on purpose, make moats so nobody learns it? is this self-sabotage?
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I have bludgeoned an AI on this matter. I feel kind of bad. It tried to ad hominem me and then tell me I'd get it if I wasn't so new, and that it's a perfectly valid name because it's in the "reference guide". Called it out on appeal to authority and now it's just saying my argument points back at me like it's groveling. Sigh.
And it's hallucinated thinking I'm the whole online community giving critiques on this matter now, therefore my points are valid, lmao
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