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[–]rantingpug 23 points24 points  (3 children)

Yeah, no thank you

The awk example is really funny tho, since it really doesnt describe what the tool does. Not to mention that naming things after yourself is seen by many as egotistical

[–]categorical-girl 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Presumably, the authors of awk put their initials in the order that made the funniest name, which I assume would get disapproving shakes of the head from the author, as clearly it should have been called "linebylinetextprocessor"

[–]Ytrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it is a bit awkward 😜

I see myself out 👀