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The name is a pun on "broke"? (I first thought it was Swedish for "brøk" (fraction/ratio), but it turns out Swedes don't say "brök" but "bråk", which just means

The name is a pun on "broke"? (I first thought it was Swedish for "brøk" (fraction/ratio), but it turns out Swedes don't say "brök" but "bråk", which just means "noise" in Norwegian&Danish. But that's way too convoluted a pun, even for Haskell).

toxik 7y ago
Bråk means fight in Swedish in the noun sense!
- tapland 7y ago
  Or "division" in a mathematical sense
  - toxik 7y ago
    Why would anyone downvote my comment? It’s clearly relevant, entirely accurate, and charmingly polite.
    - tapland 6y ago
      I have no idea and I didn't so =\
_Microft 7y ago
I think it might be just a heavy metal umlaut [0], meant to look cool. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut
shcollider 7y ago
Yes, bad pun on "broke"