Overloaded name

Posted Sep 1, 2009 15:53 UTC (Tue) by proski (subscriber, #104)
Parent article: Con Kolivas returns with a new scheduler

There are already two filesystems called bfs - one in SCO and one in BeOS. Calling a scheduler "BFS" would only add to the confusion.

Overloaded name

Posted Sep 1, 2009 17:38 UTC (Tue) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link]

But do those stand for the same thing? I doubt it!

Overloaded name

Posted Sep 1, 2009 19:23 UTC (Tue) by jengelh (guest, #33263) [Link]

Hm. When I read BFS I had to think of the similarly-named filesystem (befs) and BFQ (CFQ-like I/O scheduler). Mind ye people where you pick names from! TLAs are of limited space, much like IPv4, but worse. Pick a name. Like the AES (ick, TLA!) contestants used to - Rijndael, Serpent, etc.