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Indeed, man is short for manual. It has nothing to do with men, or beards or bros crushing code. The term "bro" when it comes to programming really needs to go
by belluchan 13y ago
Indeed, man is short for manual. It has nothing to do with men, or beards or bros crushing code. The term "bro" when it comes to programming really needs to go away.
- wyclif 13y agoIt's meant to be ironic.
- imdsm 13y agoI don't like it to be honest. It seems a bit kiddish really. Great idea though, but I would have preferred something else. Maybe `eg`? eg ls, eg cat, eg less etc.
- stinos 13y agoThis is actually a very, very good idea. Everybody knows it, it means one thing and one thing only, and that thing also describes what it does, it probably isn't taken, and fits nicely with all other standard descriptive commands like ls/man/... Nice one.
- forgottenpass 13y agoit means one thing and one thing only, and that thing also describes what it does, it probably isn't taken http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=wheezy&arch=any&mode=exactfilename&searchon=contents&keywords=%2Feg http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=wheezy&arch=any&mode...
- pacaro 13y agoName collisions aren't the worst things in the world, you can usually alias around them. ack vs ack-grep springs to mind
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- hifigi 13y agoor 'pal' as in exampal (sic)
- asdashopping 13y agoThe fact that man is short for manual is irrelevant, although I also dislike the term "bro".
- anigbrowl 13y agoAre you familiar with the humorous device known as the pun?
- LinXitoW 13y agoa) How about "brochure"? b) Someone that runs for the hills when seeing a command called "bro", will also run from "man" even before they now about eithers meaning. Of course, these poeple don't exist, because anyone using this is a grown up man or woman.