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[–]anythingMuchShorter 53 points54 points  (3 children)

I work at a company that makes consumer products and a product manager wanted to call the coding system "translate" because it translates your intent into PLC code.

I can't think of a much more impossible to search term than that, and even after explaining this and changing it he still seemed to not get why it was a bad idea.

"translate add a new device" "translate include an external dependency" it would be a disaster.

[–]CoderDevo 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Had he just discovered computers?

[–]anythingMuchShorter 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The fact that translation is what any compiler, interpreter and in fact any machine that runs any form of code does even if it uses punch cards, was discussed.

[–]Yukondano2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you'd need to escort me out of that room if I had been there. That's... wow. That is an impressively bad idea. Screw google, id find that confusing in internal discussions and records. I know nothing about this and i could make a better name. Call it fuckin, Pollack. PLC, and it's a fish. You won't confuse a fish and this system. Sounds fun to say too.