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naikrovektoday at 1:44 AM2 repliesview on HN

Can you explain why you think so? Seems like a very childish name to me.

Like a neighborhood kid outside on his bike yelling “shit” then pedaling away as fast as he can, to dissociate himself from the event out of fear of getting caught.

FaTTY - Fast Terminal (executable named “ft”)

RaTTY - Rapid Terminal (“rt”)

LighTTY - Lightspeed Terminal (“lt”)

Dragster (“dt”)

McQueen (“mt”)

Names are hard, but it’s trivial to come up with a name better than “shitty”.


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andreyvittoday at 5:36 AM

I disagree that FaTTY is better than shitty. And I concur with the original commenter; an awesome name fit for the terminal proliferation age.

kaliqttoday at 4:09 AM

I am certain the name was chosen purposefully because damn is it funny.