Perhaps, if they'd been a bit more rigorous with their tree metaphors over the years, "root" might have a less confusing meaning today. We also wouldn't be stuck using an annoying pronunciation of "route" to distinguish between the two.
Suppose it had turned out that we more commonly used "trunk" to refer to the central core of a data or control structure. The ambiguity would then be far more amusing when we talked about what was "in the trunk."
What does the term "netroot" have to do with tree metaphors? [I'd never heard the term before, but it appears to be by analogy with grassroot...] I'm confused.
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Serves the geeks right.
Date: 2006-06-28 03:54 pm (UTC)Suppose it had turned out that we more commonly used "trunk" to refer to the central core of a data or control structure. The ambiguity would then be far more amusing when we talked about what was "in the trunk."
Re: Serves the geeks right.
Date: 2006-06-28 09:59 pm (UTC)