So, somebody posted a question or r/javascript. In that question they used the term "Spread and Rest Operators". Now, ECMA-262 does not define spread syntax or rest element as operators. Nonetheless people have repeated that term over and over again.
At one point I asked the question about who came up with the terms "spread operator" on r/javascript.
Should be easy enough to search for and get the results I'm looking for using Reddit's search implementation... It ain't though. I tried on r/javascript using "spread operator" and author:guest271314; I tried on the site search as a whole. I tried for 10 minutes to find that post, my post, using Reddit's search implementation.
I wound up going through the pseudo-infinite scroll of my posts to locate the question I asked to ultimately find the comment where I posted the earliest usage of the term "spread operator" I could find online https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/xhhqsz/comment/iozf2ij/
So far the earliest usage I have located is https://www.oneminutecoder.com/
Jan 28, 2009 — An Example Of JavaScript ...spread operator ...
Following the TC39 proposal we still find that language https://github.com/tc39/proposal-object-rest-spread/blob/7d6d8a5de6ca75c2370cdef764b935fc864e52de/Rest.md.
This dates to 2014 https://github.com/tc39/proposal-object-rest-spread.
That's one hat I wear: primary source researcher. In brief that work comprises people, places, dates, times, events; finding the person or persons or organizations who first wrote something or did something, the primary source.
Anyway, somebody needs to solicit Reddit to help fix their horrible site/subreddit/user/post/comment implementation. It shouldn't be this horrendous given Reddit has consistent advertising revenue, as we can see from the consisten advertising on Reddit.
Do the programmers who maintain Reddit realize how horrible the site search is?