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What’s in a name? (lemmy.world)

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[–] technom@programming.dev 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Why no Ada or Janet? Or Haskell or Idris?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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[–] technom@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

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

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[–] lhamil64@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago

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

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