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what did you expect from a person who didn't realize that naming your programming language "nimrod" might not be a good idea?
by arrakeen 3y ago
what did you expect from a person who didn't realize that naming your programming language "nimrod" might not be a good idea?
- esrauch 3y agoWhat's wrong with the name nimrod? The name is biblical but not overtly religious in this context, and the bugs bunny association (of a hunter who is a fool) doesn't seem like it should really offend anyone. Like if he wanted to name the language "fool", how would it be a problem?
- sjhkjse 3y agoit's a lot closer to "retard" than "fool" in connotation.
- firesloth 3y agoI was under the impression that using "nimrod" as an insult was an American thing (reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod#Idiom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod#Idiom ). The creator of Nim is European.