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I had no idea that “Ada” and “Haskell” were intended to be people names. Those are not super common names. And I had totally forgotten about Miranda, which I ag
by D13Fd 6y ago
I had no idea that “Ada” and “Haskell” were intended to be people names. Those are not super common names. And I had totally forgotten about Miranda, which I agree has the same issue.
- Jtsummers 6y agoAda was named after Ada Lovelace, for context. And it’s definitely not a common name anymore, at least in the US. It dropped off significantly through the 20th century with a spike several years ago.
- mhd 6y agoI see, that's what I thought. No problem with naming languages after people, but it's easier if it's an homage to a certain person. Common first and last names alone often point to confusing people, and there might be a certain dissonance between the mental images ("I pulled some Julias pigtails in kindergarten, now I have her name on a CV?"). The same problem would probably arise if the last names would be more common, too. "Pascal" and "Turing are probably rare enough ('though "Pascal" was a bit in fashion as a boy's name in Germany when I was young).
- D13Fd 6y agoI agree that it's easier when it's an homage to a certain person, and a last name, like Pascal. I actually knew that about Pascal but never gave it a second thought. According to Wikipedia at least, "Julia" is not named after anyone in particular.
- ebalit 6y agoPascal is also a first name in France even though in the case of the programming language, it is named after Blaise Pascal last name.