Why not calling the cli "httpie" ?

[dzen]

When installing httpie, the cli command name is "http" why not calling it "httpie" ?

[gyndav]

+1

[laurentb]

I'm not aware of any other application using the http name. It's shorter, so why not?

libwww-perl even installs GET, HEAD and POST commands by default. No reason to be shamed for using http.

[jkbrzt]

The naming mismatch exists because http is a good name for the command, but it wouldn't be a good name for the project (confusing and impossible to google). I'd like to stick to http, also because many people have already installed it.

[kennethreitz]

+10 for this.

[cweiske]

+1 for httpie as cli app name