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And we wonder why women aren’t especially drawn to programming.
by zeroonetwothree 3y ago
And we wonder why women aren’t especially drawn to programming.
- paxcoder 3y agoI am a man, and the name of this language is repulsive to me as well
- Karellen 3y agoEspecially as, if it were just "In celebration of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Nabokov", you'd have thought that something like Pale Fire would be a better choice of name for a tech product. Partly because of all the references to it in Blade Runner 2049, but also because Pale Fire is just a much, much cooler name in general.
- quickthrowman 3y agoPale Fire has a lot of good names that would work for a programming language. Pale Fire, Kinbote, Shade, Zembla, Waxwing, Gradus …All of which are preferable to the name of the language we are discussing, and I’m saying this as both a fan of the book and film.
- Karellen 3y agoCellsInterlinked
- 0xfedcafe 3y agoPale Fire sounds awful and lacks any flair. That's exactly what an ordinary programmer with no taste would name their work.
- lawlessone 3y ago>Pale Fire Sounds like name for a craft beer.
- ChrisGranger 3y agoFor me, Pale Fire brings to mind Firefox and Pale Moon, so I would assume upon hearing that name that it was a fork of a web browser.
- xigoi 3y agoBecause of one project that pretty much nobody knows about and has already been takan down?