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Seems that names for projects follow the same rule as troll names in the japanese light novel Overlord.

Short names, like "Gru" were reserved for the most powerful trolls because there were only so many combinations of three letters. Long names on the other hand were a sign of weakness and cowardice - bringing ridicule to those who introduced themselves like that.

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Sed and awk kind of sound like high-level troll names.

Both of which cower in fear when vi strolls by.

All fear the mighty `w`, `X`, and, most terrifying of all due to the uncertainty of their proper pronunciation, `[`!

But even he respects the one true troll :!

Bill, Bert, Tom, Sed and Awk. It kind of works.

Awk, i underestand (Aho, We...) but sed ? Stream editor ?

Yes.

I was literally - minutes ago - watching Overlord then saw this message just now. Small world sometimes. Rich world building that it can be referenced easily.

I hesitated to mention it because of the stigma associated with weebetry, but I'm glad I did.

After all hackers were always - by and large - weebs, with their fascination with martial arts and Japanese culture.

If you are going up against Gothmark, Destroyer of Worlds you might have a chance. But if everyone calls the big bad Dennis you’re pretty much doomed.

An indicator of the dangers of C.

Back when a C functions and variables could only be 8 chars long[1], mid-to-high-level trolls lurk at every line.

[1]: or rather, if they were longer, the first 8 had to be unique.

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