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And it is likely inspired by the old joke that 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL was one less than "IBM".

by piaste 5y ago

eastdakota 5y ago
:-)
- deleted 5y ago
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- nickreese 5y ago
  I love this so much. THIS is why CF is one of the only companies I'd ever consider working for.
  - amenghra 5y ago
    Facebook’s csrf cookie and token are named dtsg. I hope that’s not the only reason you would also consider working for them.
    - nickreese 5y ago
      I was referring more to the context that the CEO is “one of us”, he is regularly on HN, and is available via Twitter/email to constructive criticism. I interviewed with CF earlier this year and ultimately decided the timing wasn’t right. Love the company but the touch that the CEO gives a ____ really matters to me.
FigmentEngine 5y ago
and Windows NT and Digital Vax WNT<-VMS
- cestith 5y ago
  With many of the main people from the VMS system brought onboard to create NT, too.
  - ksec 5y ago
    Oh I didn't know that. Both the name and relation of VMS and NT. Thanks for sharing.
    - cestith 5y ago
      https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/windows-nt-and-vms-rest-story https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/windows-nt-and-vm... tells some of the story of Dave Cutler and his 20 headcount he brought with him from DEC to MS. Their influence on NT runs deep.
xdennis 5y ago
I was skeptical that it was a joke since it's quite a big coincidence, but according to Arthur C. Clarke: > ...about once a week some character spots the fact that HAL is one letter ahead of IBM, and promptly assumes that Stanley and I were taking a crack at the estimable institution ... As it happened, IBM had given us a good deal of help, so we were quite embarrassed by this, and would have changed the name had we spotted the coincidence.
- mmahemoff 5y ago
  I have a hard time believing it was a coincidence.
deshpand 5y ago
R language is an open source implementation of the original S language from IBM. Its name was a play on S and also based on the fact that both the authors of the R language have first names starting with R, Ross and Robert. I suppose R2 may have been a good choice as well (would have helped with google searches) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)

And it is likely inspired by the old joke that 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL was one less than "IBM".

by piaste 5y ago

And it is likely inspired by the old joke that 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL was one less than "IBM".

eastdakota 5y ago

:-)

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nickreese 5y ago
I love this so much. THIS is why CF is one of the only companies I'd ever consider working for.
- amenghra 5y ago
  Facebook’s csrf cookie and token are named dtsg. I hope that’s not the only reason you would also consider working for them.
  - nickreese 5y ago
    I was referring more to the context that the CEO is “one of us”, he is regularly on HN, and is available via Twitter/email to constructive criticism. I interviewed with CF earlier this year and ultimately decided the timing wasn’t right. Love the company but the touch that the CEO gives a ____ really matters to me.

FigmentEngine 5y ago

and Windows NT and Digital Vax WNT<-VMS

cestith 5y ago
With many of the main people from the VMS system brought onboard to create NT, too.
- ksec 5y ago
  Oh I didn't know that. Both the name and relation of VMS and NT. Thanks for sharing.
  - cestith 5y ago
    https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/windows-nt-and-vms-rest-story https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/windows-nt-and-vm... tells some of the story of Dave Cutler and his 20 headcount he brought with him from DEC to MS. Their influence on NT runs deep.

xdennis 5y ago

I was skeptical that it was a joke since it's quite a big coincidence, but according to Arthur C. Clarke: > ...about once a week some character spots the fact that HAL is one letter ahead of IBM, and promptly assumes that Stanley and I were taking a crack at the estimable institution ... As it happened, IBM had given us a good deal of help, so we were quite embarrassed by this, and would have changed the name had we spotted the coincidence.

mmahemoff 5y ago
I have a hard time believing it was a coincidence.

deshpand 5y ago

R language is an open source implementation of the original S language from IBM. Its name was a play on S and also based on the fact that both the authors of the R language have first names starting with R, Ross and Robert. I suppose R2 may have been a good choice as well (would have helped with google searches) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)