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Cool article. I wish PL names were more imaginative in general: a single letter is so uninspiring. Naming after famous people (Pascal, Haskell, Ada, Erlang) isn
by lordgrenville 6y ago
Cool article. I wish PL names were more imaginative in general: a single letter is so uninspiring. Naming after famous people (Pascal, Haskell, Ada, Erlang) isn't a bad idea. Failing that there are so many mythological or natural terms that would make good names. (I love how Docker and Kubernetes describe low-tech analogies, though I guess with languages they are harder to find.)
- WalterBright 6y agoThe D programming language was originally named Mars (after my company name Digital Mars). But my friends and colleagues kept jokingly calling it "D" to the point where reality was accepted. The D standard library is still called Phobos.
- lordgrenville 6y agoFair enough! Mars would have been great though.