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> The Kernel Programming Language Because no one uses `kernel` for anything already. I mean, holy fucking hell, if you're creating a programming language, cho

> The Kernel Programming Language Because no one uses `kernel` for anything already. I mean, holy fucking hell, if you're creating a programming language, choose a name that you can fucking search for.

giancarlostoro 8y ago
I vote they choose Colonel instead if they do any sort of rename.
ummonk 8y ago
I think the next programming language I write will be named the Software Programming Language.
- Midnightas 8y ago
  Mine will be called simply Programming Language.
  - keithalewis 8y ago
    How about A Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)? Yeah, that's the ticket.
    - adharmad 8y ago
      And a recursive acronym to boot!
    - pgeorgi 8y ago
      Or Programming Language One (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I)
  - klyrs 8y ago
    Mine will be a scripting language called Compiler
    - 9dev 8y ago
      Mine will be called lang. The docs can be found on the official website, langlang.org of course.
coldtea 8y ago
>Because no one uses `kernel` for anything already. Because people will seriously be perplexed between an esoteric experimental programming language and operating system kernels, right? Like that huge fiasco in the early 50s, when people confused OS kernels with corn...
- justaaron 8y ago
  no, it's called a "search result"
  - coldtea 8y ago
    We have C, a language named after a letter, and Go, a language named after a verb, and your issue is with "Kernel"? Just fucking add fucking "programming language" as the suffix to your fucking query about Kernel the PL, to mimic the tone of the original comment.
    - fake-name 8y ago
      C, which was named before search engines were a thing, and Go, which is also a terrible name, but google is big enough they can make it work. Also, it's not like things like the linux kernel have a specific enough dialect of C it could be considered a programming dialect/language itself, so there are multiple layers of poor naming here. The point is if you want people to use your esoteric programming language, you want to minimize any blatantly obvious pain points. Choosing a decent name is a very easy pain point to avoid.
    - seandougall 8y ago
      Searching for “kernel programming language” mostly turns up a bunch of results about what programming languages are good for kernel programming. Adding words doesn’t always disambiguate. I mean, it doesn’t turn up any results about corn, so I guess that’s something, but beyond that it doesn’t seem terribly helpful.
- fake-name 8y ago
  People, no. Pretty much every search engine ever? Ohhhhh yeeeaaahhh. Besides, the Linux kernel has a specific-enough dialect of C that I assumed this was about linux kernel programming based on the title.

giancarlostoro 8y ago

I vote they choose Colonel instead if they do any sort of rename.

ummonk 8y ago

I think the next programming language I write will be named the Software Programming Language.

Midnightas 8y ago
Mine will be called simply Programming Language.
- keithalewis 8y ago
  How about A Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)? Yeah, that's the ticket.
  - adharmad 8y ago
    And a recursive acronym to boot!
  - pgeorgi 8y ago
    Or Programming Language One (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I)
- klyrs 8y ago
  Mine will be a scripting language called Compiler
  - 9dev 8y ago
    Mine will be called lang. The docs can be found on the official website, langlang.org of course.

coldtea 8y ago

>Because no one uses `kernel` for anything already. Because people will seriously be perplexed between an esoteric experimental programming language and operating system kernels, right? Like that huge fiasco in the early 50s, when people confused OS kernels with corn...

justaaron 8y ago
no, it's called a "search result"
- coldtea 8y ago
  We have C, a language named after a letter, and Go, a language named after a verb, and your issue is with "Kernel"? Just fucking add fucking "programming language" as the suffix to your fucking query about Kernel the PL, to mimic the tone of the original comment.
  - fake-name 8y ago
    C, which was named before search engines were a thing, and Go, which is also a terrible name, but google is big enough they can make it work. Also, it's not like things like the linux kernel have a specific enough dialect of C it could be considered a programming dialect/language itself, so there are multiple layers of poor naming here. The point is if you want people to use your esoteric programming language, you want to minimize any blatantly obvious pain points. Choosing a decent name is a very easy pain point to avoid.
  - seandougall 8y ago
    Searching for “kernel programming language” mostly turns up a bunch of results about what programming languages are good for kernel programming. Adding words doesn’t always disambiguate. I mean, it doesn’t turn up any results about corn, so I guess that’s something, but beyond that it doesn’t seem terribly helpful.
fake-name 8y ago
People, no. Pretty much every search engine ever? Ohhhhh yeeeaaahhh. Besides, the Linux kernel has a specific-enough dialect of C that I assumed this was about linux kernel programming based on the title.