Om came first, Cloact (eventually renamed Reagent due to an unfortunate similarity with a certain body part of a snake) came after it. Here is the original HN

Om came first, Cloact (eventually renamed Reagent due to an unfortunate similarity with a certain body part of a snake) came after it. Here is the original HN post about Cloact: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7037038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7037038 You can see people comparing it to Om. Here is a blog post of his from 2013 that mentions Om: https://swannodette.github.io/2013/12/31/time-travel/ https://swannodette.github.io/2013/12/31/time-travel/ And yeah, Reagent "won" because it was way simpler but I'd find it hard to believe that it wasn't influence or inspired by Om.