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I agree. One possible reason against it though is that 'double' by itself is also used as a type denoting 'double precision floating point number'

>I don't think we'd all remember "Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit" by name if it didn't have such a delicious title.

Am I the only person here that doesn't like "for fun and profit" titles?

Was it overused at that point? My understanding is that people started abusing it after Smashing the Stack...

"Smashing the Stack" is also the best part.

not as bad as ".... considered harmful"

Why do you think that's a better title?

Because that's what team rocket would chant if they upgraded their servers

"Double [the] trouble" is a somewhat common idiomatic phrase. It rhymes "double" with "trouble", and the word "double" has a pleasant ring to it in its own right.

Yes, it has a nice woody quality, "twice" is too tinny.

I guess because "double" rhymes with "trouble" maybe?