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nifty@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 years ago

What’s in a name?

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nifty@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 years ago
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  • TechNom (nobody)@programming.dev
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    Why no Ada or Janet? Or Haskell or Idris?

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      Ada is in fact named after a person, thus completing the circle.

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        So are Haskell and Idris (well, if you consider a singing dragon as a person).

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          Boolean is named after George Boole so that is too, sort of

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