The normal Japanese word for a programming destructor is still just English-borrowed "desutorakuta," so the legacy of the death tractor lives on. Here's a very

The normal Japanese word for a programming destructor is still just English-borrowed "desutorakuta," so the legacy of the death tractor lives on. Here's a very similar online conversation which you were a part of on the D forums/newsgroup, about a D book being published in Japan. [1] That's page 2 where it's first mentioned, and your joyous reaction is on page 3. Seems like at the time since Google Translate didn't know the term in its programming context it tried its best and gave back "death tractor" when trying to take "desutorakuta" back to English. Today though it gets it right (see "table of contents" tab in this link) [2]. That thread so matches what you're describing here, I wonder if it's the actual source? [1] https://forum.dlang.org/thread/cpm7i4$ub1$1@digitaldaemon.com?page=2 https://forum.dlang.org/thread/cpm7i4$ub1$1@digitaldaemon.co... [2] https://gihyo-jp.translate.goog/book/2005/4-7741-2208-4/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en https://gihyo-jp.translate.goog/book/2005/4-7741-2208-4/?_x_...