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In case you are wondering which copilot came first (I certainly was) - this repository starts in 2010 with a source code upload: https://github.com/Copilot-Lang

by rzzzt 4y ago

In case you are wondering which copilot came first (I certainly was) - this repository starts in 2010 with a source code upload: https://github.com/Copilot-Language/copilot/commits/b2fc3456bdd6615d18704874718e29e7a077ef24 https://github.com/Copilot-Language/copilot/commits/b2fc3456...

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p1esk 4y ago
But unfortunately for them “Copilot” in 2022 means GH Copilot.
- pvg 4y ago
  Words sometimes having two meanings has been alluded to in the literature as early as 1971.
  - lowdose 4y ago
    I think we had metaphors before that?
  - spencerchubb 4y ago
    Am I missing a joke here or something? Surely people knew about homonyms prior to 1971
    - mbg721 4y ago
      We knew about them, but we didn't talk about it.
    - markrages 4y ago
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_Heaven https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_Heaven
      - kej 4y ago
        Which is itself a name collision with an earlier Neil Sedaka song.
      - elcomet 4y ago
        This page makes no reference to any synonyms. Can you explain?
        memalign 4y ago
        The lyrics of the song include: “sometimes words have two meanings”
        Jorge1o1 4y ago
        Lyrics: And she's buying a stairway to heaven There's a sign on the wall But she wants to be sure 'Cause you know, sometimes words have two meanings
- jodrellblank 4y ago
  Unfortunately for Joel Spolsky / Fog Creek Copilot[1] remote control tool from ~2005, and for people who fly aeroplanes[2] from 1933. [1] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2007/01/26/copilot-20-ships/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2007/01/26/copilot-20-ships/ [2] https://www.etymonline.com/word/copilot https://www.etymonline.com/word/copilot