The name has unfortunate verbal similarities with a well known sex toy, especially when different accents are considered. I am actually astounded they went ahead with this name.
Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++
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Re: Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++
#12The name has unfortunate verbal similarities with a well known sex toy, especially when different accents are considered. I am actually astounded they went ahead with this name.
that said, interesting decision to ditch the scripting language. when i think of these sorts of things, immediately think that embedding or supporting a scripting language makes a ton of sense. i'm curious what the thinking was to just go full c++? i suppose they just decided that modern c++ was easy enough and this was better for simplifying production?
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Flashlight vs torch (pytorch). ^^
Yes, I could see the construction, I just can't think why they wouldn't anticipate the problems it could cause down the track.
Is this some sort of performance art comment?
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Flashlight vs torch (pytorch). ^^
Yes, I could see the construction, I just can't think why they wouldn't anticipate the problems it could cause down the track.
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Yes, I could see the construction, I just can't think why they wouldn't anticipate the problems it could cause down the track.
As a non native english speaker I knew the word flashlight years before I knew that you could use torch to mean the same thing (and not just a burning stick). Websters even seems to claim that this is mostly a British thing.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
And yet millions of electric torches are sold in the United States each year without confusion. (Although not, let's be honest, without amusement.)
I'd just choose a name with a greater Hamming distance from sexual harassment.