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For what it's worth, the name is obviously a pun and a small wink to the Graal VM [1]. Not sure there's any intention to reference TempleOS's HolyC. [1] https:
by bnjbvr 9y ago
For what it's worth, the name is obviously a pun and a small wink to the Graal VM [1]. Not sure there's any intention to reference TempleOS's HolyC.
[1] https://github.com/graalvm/ https://github.com/graalvm/
- nerdponx 9y agoHate to be a downer but I don't get the pun at all.
- aardvark179 9y agoGraal is an archaic spelling of grail.
- steveklabnik 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail , "Graal" is an archaic spelling of "Grail".
- glandium 9y agoFWIW, it's the current spelling in some languages (e.g. French).
- steveklabnik 9y agoAh interesting, thanks! I'll be more explicit about "in English" next time.
- ccozan 9y agoActually it is speculated that the the origin ist "Sang(re) Real" ( royal blood ) which metamorphosed into San Graal. Looking for it meant to search for the ( possible) lost blood line of Jesus, I think.
- evincarofautumn 9y ago“According to the Catholic Encyclopedia this is a false etymology.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail#Etymology It’s been around for a while but was most recently popularised by Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code.
- namanyayg 9y agoThe pun: J -> Sh
- _Marak_ 9y agoLast I heard Terry Davis got kicked out of his parent's house and is now living out of his car. Something about an upcoming court case he's involved in as well. He has a small following on Reddit and users post updates of his whereabouts from time to time. He still sporadically streams live video to the TempleOS site. Last broadcast was from an internet cafe.
- cholantesh 9y agoReally tragic case, Terry. Doubtful that TempleOS would exist without his schizophrenia, but everyone would be much better off emotionally if he just took his medication...
- 4xXg4XMxfpd5CZe 9y ago> everyone would be much better off emotionally if he just took his medication You say that as if the schizophrenic person, someone who lives in an alternate reality due to psychosis, has any kind of agency over taking his medication. You can only make that choice when you're sane, and even then the drugs aren't perfect and people routinely decide to come off them for some psychotic reason - yes, you can become psychotic while on anti-psychotics - and failing that they come off them because they're so ashamed of being mentally ill from all those condescending and "well-meaning" (read: superior) people telling them what to do and how defective they are all the time that they want to prove they can handle it. Plus there's the issue that the alternate reality is way more interesting than this one. Your suggestion that it's somehow Terry's fault is about as helpful as telling a homeless person - who is much more likely to have a psychotic illness by the way - to "just get a job".
- cholantesh 9y agoPlease don't put words in my mouth.
- FeepingCreature 9y ago> people tell you you can't handle being off the meds > you'll show them > go off the meds > you can't handle it > man fuck those people tho, it's all their fault
- coldtea 9y ago>For what it's worth, the name is obviously a pun and a small wink to the Graal VM It might be that, but not "obviously". In fact it could also be totally unrelated. One can imagine devs naming something "Holy" without wanting to reference TempleOS, the Graal VM etc. Religious inspired references are perfectly common in themselves.
- sanxiyn 9y agohttp://nbp.github.io/slides/HolyJit/JitTeamIntro/ http://nbp.github.io/slides/HolyJit/JitTeamIntro/ pretty much proves it. Mouse over page 1 and you read: "The name is a reference to another project named GraalVM, except that the goal of this project is not to make a VM, but only to make a JIT as a library."
- coldtea 9y agoThis settles it then!
- m12k 9y agoIt could also be a play on the phrase "Holy shit!"
- eradicatethots 9y ago“Could” if that’s not intentional then this browser will fail lol
- steveklabnik 9y agoThis isn't a browser.
- eradicatethots 9y agoUmmm... it’s for Firefox... no?
- steveklabnik 9y agoI mean, maybe, in theory, someday. But the browser would still be "Firefox", that is, very few people would even be aware of this name, regardless of what the name is.
- eradicatethots 9y agoI think you must’ve taken my comment too seriously... I agree that Firefoxs success does not depend on the meaning behind the name holyjit lol. It was just a joke. The main point was that if they came up with this name without the intention of punning holy shit, I have low confidence in their abilities to succeed in general and with Firefox in particular. But also don’t take this too seriously.
- always_good 9y agoHopefully you can refrain from such "jokes" in the future. Look how little value this chain and your attempts to explain the joke provide the discussion.