On: HolyJit: A New Hope

[eradicatethots]

“Could” if that’s not intentional then this browser will fail lol

[steveklabnik → eradicatethots]

This isn't a browser.

[eradicatethots → steveklabnik]

Ummm... it’s for Firefox... no?

[steveklabnik → eradicatethots]

I mean, maybe, in theory, someday. But the browser would still be "Firefox", that is, very few people would even be aware of this name, regardless of what the name is.

[k__ → steveklabnik]

lol, how much of the Firefox today is still Firefox of the beginning? :D

[mintplant → k__]

You'd be surprised. When working on Firefox I regularly run into files with "Copyright 1999 Netscape Communications..." file headers.

[tmzt → mintplant]

How much of NSPR is left in there? It's been a long time since I looked at the codebase.

[mintplant → tmzt]

NSPR is still all over the tree. Off the top of my head there's some log functionality, the print format strings, and the environment variable support in use. Searchfox turns up a bunch more: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=PR_&case=true...

[eradicatethots → steveklabnik]

I think you must’ve taken my comment too seriously... I agree that Firefoxs success does not depend on the meaning behind the name holyjit lol. It was just a joke.

The main point was that if they came up with this name without the intention of punning holy shit, I have low confidence in their abilities to succeed in general and with Firefox in particular. But also don’t take this too seriously.