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So, ist it pronounced jiff or gif?



https://github.com/BurntSushi/jiff/blob/master/DESIGN.md#why...

> Jiff is pronounced like "gif" with a soft "g," as in "gem."

Heh, I see what they did there…


We're only minutes away from GAYPEG, an image format which you pronounce with a soft g, like in GIF.


The author gets to decide IMO. Gif was always pronounced "jif" according to the creator so I hope the creator of this new tool will pronounce Jiff as "gif" to avoid confusion...


Imma pronounce it biff, it's a time handling library after all.


Yes




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