rack/rack — Issue #332: "middleware" violates English grammar rules
Author: alexch
Created: 2012-01-25 18:51:28+00:00
State: open

In English, "middleware" is a mass noun, like "furniture" and "water", and it makes my skin crawl every time I read "that's a great middleware" or the like. You can use it as a plural ("all the middleware") or an adjective ("middleware component") or as a category ("piece of middleware") but please, I can't be the only one who cringes at this.

You've got a great metaphor already baked in -- why not call them "shelves" or "units" or "pies" :-) or something else that goes on a rack?