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Comment by unsignedqword

9 years ago

Not a great choice in name, considering "P4" is the command line utility/common abbreviation for Perforce SCM

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tyleo  9 years ago

Agreed. We use Perforce at work. I have typed P4 so many times that it will essentially always mean Perforce to me.

For those who don't use P4, imagine if this project were named git (though that might not be as fair since git is much more popular).

  • louthy  9 years ago

    I haven't used Perforce for probably 15 years and it was still the first thing that entered my head when I saw the headline.

salmonfamine  9 years ago

This is true, but I would hope context should be enough to distinguish between the two in most cases. Could get confusing if one were to use P4 for their P4 repo, though.