At present, Microsoft seems to be calling the API for creating Metro style apps on Windows 8, “Windows Run Time”; it is also being called WinRt.
We already have two tags for this: windows-runtime and winrt. We only need one!
asked Sep 14, 2011 at 14:33
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My vote is for winrt. This is what Google says, and what everyone appears to be calling it.
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Ok can you make windows-runtime a synonyms for winrt, so no one else tries to create it as a tag. Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 15:48
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7@Ian: You're the only one calling it windows-runtime. :P– user102937Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 15:51
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@RobertHarvey: Irony.– user1228Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 15:58
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@Robert, WinRt does not do any better at present, but give it a fews days for the questions to start flowing... Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 16:02
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3MSDN calls it "Windows Runtime" in most docs, so you can bet someone will use this. A synonym is a good idea. Commented Sep 15, 2011 at 3:45
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And here I always thought WinRT was this: pds-site.com/Bsquare/WinRT/default.htm– GabeCommented Sep 15, 2011 at 6:24
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1@Gabe: Yeah, I saw that too. We'll need a cage fight to solve it.– user102937Commented Sep 15, 2011 at 6:30
I vote windows-runtime. IMHO, it is a lot more likely that the average user would know what that means than winrt.
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1We don't care about the "average user" as SO is a programmer's site. Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 15:11
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5windows-runtime is far too ambiguous. There are many such runtimes (i.e. any runtime that executes in a Windows environment). It should probably be either windows-8-runtime or winrt– user102937Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 15:17
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@Robert windows-8-runtime I understand, but I fail to see how winrt is less ambiguous than windows-runtime.– JohnCommented Sep 14, 2011 at 15:26
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winrtmay be unclear to those unfamiliar with it, but it's not ambiguous because other Windows runtimes aren't referred to as "winrt".– user154510Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 15:32 -
2winrt is a "proper" name, like "John."– user102937Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 15:34
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@RobertHarvey: Well, WinRt, but tags don't support capitalization...– user1228Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 15:59
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3Most people who worked with it so far know it as WinRT, and it's also what's used in the source code and thereabouts - e.g. header files for it in Developer Preview are in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\winrt\", and the most fundamental one is called "winrt.h". Users on MSDN forums also seem to be mostly using "WinRT". I'd suggest sticking to that, especially as it is a fairly unique label that is also convenient for search engines and such. Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 22:34