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Re: Ort-merge: What does "ort" mean?

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Feb 24, 2021, 23:22 UTC
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On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 2:23 PM Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> wrote:
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> It actually has meaning beyond being a joke, though:
>
>  * Note: git's parser allows the space between '-s' and its argument to be
>  * missing.  (Should I have backronymed "ham", "alsa", "kip", "nap, "alvo",
>  * "cale", "peedy", or "ins" instead of "ort"?)
>  */
>
> However, I learned my lesson -- Eric is way better at coming up with
> names than me[1] so if I need more names in the future, I'll ping him.
> :-)

"Extended LInear Jump AHead" is still my favorite because it sounds cool. However, I wouldn't sneeze at "UNiversally Systematic Heuristic Iterative Newtonian Elliptic", which is probably a more apt description of what you implemented, but I digress.

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  1. Kerry, RichardFeb 24, 2021
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 24, 2021
  3. brian m. carlsonFeb 24, 2021
  4. Elijah NewrenFeb 24, 2021
  5. Eric SunshineFeb 24, 2021
  6. Elijah NewrenFeb 24, 2021

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