"Roaring" name origin?
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Lester W
May 18, 2021, 4:12:37 AM5/18/21
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Does anyone know the origin of the name "Roaring"? Seems like it would be interesting trivia.
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Daniel Lemire
May 18, 2021, 10:08:26 AM5/18/21
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I think I came up with the name. Roaring is an adjective that can mean "successful, optimistic" which seemed to describe well the design. Roaring relies on simple heuristics that are often successful in practice.
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