> The "carcinization" is a callout to, I presume, xkcd 2314 ( https://xkcd.com/2... | Hacker News

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masklinn on April 12, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: std::unique_ptr implementation backed by Ethereum ...

> The "carcinization" is a callout to, I presume, xkcd 2314 ( https://xkcd.com/2314/ ), about how crustaceans tend to repeatedly evolve into crabs

That’s not an xkcd joke though, it’s an actual observation of evolutionary biology, first published in 1916.

FeepingCreature on April 12, 2021 [–]

Correct, but I suspect most geeks who know the term know it from xkcd, and that supports the additional metajoke about changing the topic to talk about Rust.

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