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[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why no Ada or Janet? Or Haskell or Idris?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ada is in fact named after a person, thus completing the circle.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

So are Haskell and Idris (well, if you consider a singing dragon as a person).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Boolean is named after George Boole so that is too, sort of