I had to go to Wikipedia to see if ksh was named after the band,¹ but it turns out that it was created by David Korn and not a metal fan. ⸻ 1. Not completely

I had to go to Wikipedia to see if ksh was named after the band,¹ but it turns out that it was created by David Korn and not a metal fan. ⸻ 1. Not completely inconceivably given that Python gets its name from Monty Python. I'm thinking there are other similarly fandom-based namings of popular tech tools (the only other one that comes to mind is the occasional assertion that Knuth's choice of TeX was to honor his alma mater CalTech²). 2. I created a short-lived California TeX Users Group in the late 80s/early 90s which we dubbed CTUG after being warned off naming it CalTeX (but being at Harvey Mudd College³ at the time, I was disinclined to name it that anyway). 3. Which, of course, summons to mind one of my favorite pranks⁴ in the HMC-CalTech rivalry in which the freeway sign identifying the exit for CalTech and Pasadena Community College had parentheses added so it read “CalTech (Pasadena Community College)” 4. Most people would consider the Fleming cannon theft to be the pinnacle of the pranks (when I had my pre-frosh campus visit, the cannon had just arrived on the Mudd campus), but I think the freeway sign gets points for being more creative.