From: Elliot Temple <curi@...>
Date: 2006-07-22T01:26:26+09:00
Subject: Re: An open letter to Rubyists - Naming things


On Jul 21, 2006, at 8:32 AM, Jeff Pritchard wrote:

> Is it just me, or do other Rubyists find it difficult to remember  
> what a
> whimsically named module or plug-in was called that they saw on  
> this or
> some other forum just last week.

Aside from what others have said, some names are copied from pre- 
existing things. This has been done to *increase* memorability. At  
least everyone already familiar with the non-ruby version will know  
what it is. Examples include curses and inject.

-- Elliot Temple
http://www.curi.us/blog/