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Quil[1] project clearly references _why and seems like something _why would create. I’d be curious if he was involved. [1]: https://github.com/quil/quil https:

by flixic 7y ago

Quil[1] project clearly references _why and seems like something _why would create. I’d be curious if he was involved. [1]: https://github.com/quil/quil https://github.com/quil/quil

UncleOxidant 7y ago
Oh, that does indeed look very _Why-ish. Glad to see he's still creating stuff.
- chx 7y ago
  it's not him, look at the committers
- rurban 7y ago
  Not him. It was whyified by Sam Aaron, the author of Sonic Pi, here: https://github.com/quil/quil/commit/32871e15056f6841470633093e6340173d5b20be https://github.com/quil/quil/commit/32871e15056f684147063309... He called it "poetified"
ErikAugust 7y ago
He was a gem, so it is good to see he found some Clojure.
- ad_hominem 7y ago
  I remember a time when Reddit puns weren't rewarded on here
chx 7y ago
unlikely, unless one of the committers acts on his behalf. There are only five people with more than ten commits it's not hard to check they are real. Like, https://github.com/nbeloglazov https://github.com/nbeloglazov this guy is the top committer, if you click on his LinkedIn (which he supplies) then you can see he went to a university and Belarus and trivial searching finds https://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080314TopCoder.html https://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080314TopCoder.html so he is extremely likely to be the real deal (and a damn good programmer, very likely, too).
- flixic 7y ago
  So perhaps _why references are just a celebration of his legacy.