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Yeah sure, if it's just renaming of the functions and variables in the code base that's harmless I guess.

But why would you do that if it's indeed from certain person (provided by that it's not stolen credit)? Are we going to getting rid all of the human names from the heaven's objects? We are still naming those things with ppl's names afaik

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Also, aside from credit, it just makes it harder to research the history. I mean did someone else discover Maxwell’s equations, and Plank’s constant who we are overlooking?

Do we need to stop using the word algorithm, and replace it with say, “procedural recipe”?

Doesn't seem to make it easier. The name is Planck

I see. So it seems like a good reason to change the names is so people don't lose marks over spelling mistakes.

It's a quote from a novel, the passage goes on with "all scientific accomplishments resulted from the wisdom of the working masses, and those capitalist academic authorities only stole these fruits and put their names on them"

Compared to that, the example in the OP linked article is funny indeed

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