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What kind of person is offended at this? It's not even in the ballpark of making the allusion (let alone whether someone should be offended at such an allusion)
by mathisfun123 3y ago
What kind of person is offended at this? It's not even in the ballpark of making the allusion (let alone whether someone should be offended at such an allusion). I refuse to believe there are people this petty.
- phillipcarter 3y ago> I refuse to believe there are people this petty. There's a lot of us who aren't petty, but uhhh, certainly childish. The name is a problem.
- kerkeslager 3y agoIt's a problem for those people, and the solution is to grow up. Why should adults care?
- Capricorn2481 3y agoBecause nobody wants to say they program in cock
- thefz 3y ago1- Languages other than English exist, deal with it 2- Grow up 3- Say "cee-oh-queue"
- erichocean 3y ago> Say "cee-oh-queue" This is the correct answer if you are truly unable to say "Coq". If you need a precedent for multiple ways to refer to the same language, SQL has your back.
- loupol 3y agoIn French, the way the word "bit" is pronounced sounds the exact same as the French word for cock (not the rooster). I can assure you that French CS programming students get over it quickly. There's noone really asking for it to be renamed because it's understood that it's a commonly used foreign word. I'm not sure why an English professional scientist or programmer would be unable to take the same stance for a programming language invented in another country.
- mathisfun123 3y agoi don't get it - are you (or they) childish and therefore giggling to yourself (themselves)? okay? i still don't see who is offended?
- adultSwim 3y agoTry saying the word "pussy" repeatedly in a business or technical conversation.
- mathisfun123 3y agoyou're assuming that everyone lives in the same shoes as you do - i curse in a professional context very regularly (fuck, shit, etc). i have given technical presentations (that are recorded and made public - youtube) at decently sized venues in the same tone.
- dunefox 3y agoPeople like you are a problem.
- phillipcarter 3y agoReporting for duty!
- przmk 3y agoCoq means rooster in French and is not used as an insult or an euphemism for the penis at all. It's also what's on the logo.
- xmcqdpt2 3y agoCock also means rooster in English, so really one might say it's perfect in both English and French. Interestingly, coq is from Latin coccus (rooster) and cock is from Germanic kukkaz (rooster). I don't think there are many words that exist in both French and English with nearly identical pronunciation, the same meaning but unrelated roots!
- aidenn0 3y agoI wonder of the root of both the latin and germanic words are onomatopoeic...
- phillipcarter 3y agoThat's cool, but when I say it out loud it sounds like a different word for penis. The name should just change.
- przmk 3y agoWell, there's more to the world than just the Anglosphere. De Cock is also a popular surname in France and Belgium.
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- moi2388 3y agoThe same person that renamed master to main because slavery..
- thefz 3y agoAmericans mostly as they think the entire world is America.
- deredede 3y agoFrom what I remember of the discussions on the topic, it's not so much that people are offended by it per se, but there has been many reports of uncomfortable situations from women who use and specifically teach Coq. Let's be honest, I totally buy that there have been hallway discussions between students about the "Coq teacher" that were wholly inappropriate and should not be encouraged.