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Why is abbreviation such a long word?

Posted by Andrey Ognevsky on February 10, 2012 — 4 comments
I just launched em — a shortcut for 'eventmachine'.

6 times less letters, 6 times more happyness.

Comments

“” What is the value of this? Verbose names help developers know a little bit of what a gem actually does and this doesn't even alias eventmachine so you have to type the same length references in code.Eric - February 10, 2012 23:55
“” Yay, let's flood Rubygems.org with useless gems.bcardarella - February 12, 2012 02:06
“” lolrubyAnonymous Coward - February 12, 2012 04:18
“” wathuh - February 12, 2012 22:17
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