[RFC] Backend vs. back-end (was: 2 'echo' bash instructions produce a table)

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Alain.Cochard@unistra.fr writes:

> PS 1: In the manual, I see "backend" and "back-end".  So it is an
> issue similar to the "subtree/sub-tree" issue you fixed a few days
> ago, to the "heading/headline" issue that was reported recently, and
> to many similar cases I met in the past.  So I was wondering if there
> could exist some (semi-)automatic way which would ensure that future
> maintainers will not inadvertently re-introduce "sub-tree"
> occurrences, or the like.  Perhaps some "accepted terminology" list
> that would be checked upon?

I looked into the manual. It has 197 instances of "back-end" and 24
instances of "backend". In the code, "backend" is used almost exclusively
in symbol names (except 5 instances), and "back-end" is used in the
docstrings and comments.

It is actually a bit confusing.

I am looking at https://techterms.com/definition/backend, and it looks
like "backend" is the correct word we need to use here. Am I missing
something?

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