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The English word bit has the same meaning in French as word Coq has in English.

• deredede 2y ago
  I am French, I know :) But in my experience this simply causes some giggling in the classroom for a few days and that's it, which is not the experience I have seen recounted regarding Coq in the US. There are multiple differences between these cases: - The word "bit" is mostly used when speaking English, not in a French sentence (we use "octet" - I don't know the history here but I wouldn't be surprised that this is specifically because of the French meaning of "bit"). Coq, being the name of the tool, is used as-is in English sentences. [This is wrong, I somehow confused bit and byte here] - Even when used in a French sentence, the gender is different ("un bit" vs "une bite"), removing ambiguity - Bits are just one fraction of the curriculum, not the name of the tool used in every single lesson of the course I will refrain from commenting further on this topic, as it has been rehashed many times already and distracts from the work on rust-to-coq translation.
  • croemer 2y ago
    Are you sure? I'm not French but according to French wikipedia "octet" means "byte" not "bit": https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet
    • deredede 2y ago
      Sorry, you are right of course! I somehow confused bit and byte, I have updated my comment. Thanks for pointing that out.