nifty@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor · 10 months agoWhat’s in a name?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1719arrow-down114
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minus-squareTechNom (nobody)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·10 months agoWhy no Ada or Janet? Or Haskell or Idris?
minus-squareTjalinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoAda is in fact named after a person, thus completing the circle.
minus-squareTechNom (nobody)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-210 months agoSo are Haskell and Idris (well, if you consider a singing dragon as a person).
minus-squarelhamil64linkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoBoolean is named after George Boole so that is too, sort of
Why no Ada or Janet? Or Haskell or Idris?
Ada is in fact named after a person, thus completing the circle.
So are Haskell and Idris (well, if you consider a singing dragon as a person).
Boolean is named after George Boole so that is too, sort of