nifty to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 9 months agoWhat’s in a name?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1718arrow-down114
arrow-up1704arrow-down1imageWhat’s in a name?lemmy.worldnifty to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 9 months agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-squareTechNom (nobody)linkfedilinkEnglish33•9 months agoWhy no Ada or Janet? Or Haskell or Idris?
minus-square@Tja@programming.devlinkfedilink9•9 months agoAda is in fact named after a person, thus completing the circle.
minus-squareTechNom (nobody)linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-29 months agoSo are Haskell and Idris (well, if you consider a singing dragon as a person).
minus-square@lhamil64@programming.devlinkfedilink11•9 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