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I'm also not sure why people keep calling autocomplete "intellisense". Using a brand name in place of the actual name of the feature seems like going a step back to me. We got the correct words, might as well use them.


"Using a brand name in place of the actual name of the feature seems like going a step back to me."

It's a sign of massive success, too. Like "Hoover" now being a synonym for vacuum cleaner.


Well, yes and no. Hoover means nothing here... That is why brand names as specific names seems like an issue to me; a lot of brands don't exist worldwide.




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