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What is turbo and who is it named after? I know it's a name but I don't know of anyone with that name who is notable other than like one unpopular saint.
by 8fGTBjZxBcHq 6y ago
What is turbo and who is it named after? I know it's a name but I don't know of anyone with that name who is notable other than like one unpopular saint.
- m463 6y agoI was attempting a "turbo pascal" joke
- Joker_vD 6y agoAh, right, the less famous brother of Blaise Pascal.
- samatman 6y agoNah, it was his nickname, Blaise "Turbo" Pascal, because he was blaising fast.
- yongjik 6y agoFun fact: Google's original build system was written in Turbo Pascal, though they had to tweak the name due to copyrights or something. A competing system, Judge "Haskell" Alsup, was unfortunately shot down by lawyers.
- perl4ever 6y agoThere was a Roman general called Quintus Marcius Turbo. https://oxfordre.com/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-3957 https://oxfordre.com/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/97801993...