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		verandaguy 81 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is Windows still tinkering with critical secti... It’s a running joke in the field to have exotic pluralizations. Mutex->mutices is one, box->boxen (by analogy to oxen) is also pretty common. We need more casual light-heartedness in this line of work considering how much casual bullshit there is.

hcs 81 days ago | [–]

> there's two hard problems in computer science: we only have one joke and it's not funny.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42046226

zabzonk 81 days ago | [–]

> box->boxen (by analogy to oxen) is also pretty common.

Not to mention (from way back when) VAX -> VAXen.

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