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Free software has some glib naming conventions
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I remember a time when almost every category of tool had something named "Yet Another [Thing]" because there were already so many options to choose from when they decided to make their own.
Yet Another Better Barrel Attempt (YABBA)
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Yeah, like YAML, which's name originally meant "Yet Another Markup Language*.
Then they redubbed it to mean "YAML Ain't Markup Language", because well, it isn't actually a markup language. 🫠
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML#History_and_name
Yams is really good btw
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