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noahmorrison | 9 years ago

I had a project[1] that was named after a Pokemon. It was a mustache[2] parser so I named it Entei because he has a very fashionable mustache. I changed the name[3] to chevron because I didn't want to deal with Nintendo's lawyers.

[1] https://github.com/noahmorrison/chevron [2] https://mustache.github.io/ [3] https://github.com/noahmorrison/chevron/commit/42a028f597171...

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jofer|9 years ago

If you're worried about lawyers, why change it to the name of one of the largest companies in the world?

acomjean|9 years ago

Chevron is also a generic dictionary word. (A line or stripes as an inverted V). Its used on military uniforms.

And the term "chevron" was used in the game starship titanic, where I learned its meaning.

zero_iq|9 years ago

Because giant international oil companies' lawyers are famously a pushover compared to Nintendo's...?