• drspod@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    I had no idea there are people who pronounce Godot as “go-dot.” I will never be able to unhear this.

    I’ve always said “god-oh” with a silent ‘t’ like in “Brigitte Bardot”.

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      7 days ago

      It is definitely a silent t. They’ve just misread it.

      I agree, it’s really annoying.

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        7 days ago

        IIRC…Creators say it doesn’t matter, either pronunciation is fine.

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          6 days ago

          They’re being tactful. It’s clearly a reference to Waiting for Godot. They even said so.

          The name “Godot” was chosen in reference to Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot, as it represents the never-ending wish of adding new features in the engine, which would get it closer to an exhaustive product, but never will.

    • Probably because of misunderstanding the project, and thinking it has something to do with Go (the language). Or, maybe not. But programmers can be really uncreative when naming projects; <language><function> is a pretty common naming scheme.