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udp
on Feb 16, 2012
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YSlow is now open source
> So there's usually names like YCoolThing. And you go about "why you are questioning CoolThing?!"
How can you read
Y
as
Why
? Is it
WhyCombinator
for you?
allbutlost
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Im guessing it's both because of homophones in general and the fact that yslow is a deliberate play on this - "why is this page slow?"
swores
on Feb 17, 2012
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Everybody says why-combinator, no? Certainly everyone I've ever heard, including interviewers, YC founders, pg...
udp
on Feb 17, 2012
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Of course I
say
why-combinator. He was talking about interpretation of names beginning with `Y`, rather than pronunciation.
kmfrk
on Feb 17, 2012
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It's read that way, but semantically, it refers to an actual thing in computer science, so it's not just a cute name.
riffraff
on Feb 17, 2012
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wait you don't? As a non native english speaker I do parse it as "ypsilon combinator" but read it "why" anyway :)
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How can you read Y as Why? Is it WhyCombinator for you?