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dheera on May 20, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: WebContainers: Run Node.js natively in the browser

It's just irksome. I don't think Windows is a good analogy.

More like if I called the OS "Windows.jpg".

If you're going to use something that looks like a filename as a product name, then make sure that file actually exists and is in the expected format.

D3.js --> good

Angular.js --> good

Node.js --> bad

python3.py --> bad

Windows.jpg --> bad

Windows.exe --> okay (I don't use windows but I assume there's something of the sort)

emteycz on May 20, 2021 | [–]

I agree it's not a great name - but IMHO using names incorrectly is even worse than bad naming.

codingdave on May 20, 2021 | [–]

If you are going to get this pedantic, then why not also include *.com as bad, because that was a file type in DOS.

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