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Re: The Best Name Ever for a Computer Language

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Post by reeses » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 8:01 PM UTC

jwarren wrote: post #25

JulianMorrison wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have a surname in common, it seems. The article calls Linda a porn star, but she became an anti-porn activist. I call sexism on the article for childishly thinking that loose association with sex makes something "best ever", and double sexism for failing to acknowledge her choice to stop .

Oh, good point on the surname. Don't know how I managed to miss that. Totally agree on the rest of your comment.

"Oh, good point on the surname. Don't know how I managed to miss that."

Don't feel bad. You were not the only one.

Re: The Best Name Ever for a Computer Language

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Post by reeses » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 8:04 PM UTC

VLM wrote: post #17

snowwrestler wrote: post #3

No mention of TCL, pronounced "tickle"? This was the scripting language used in the ArsDigita Community System, one of the first commercially available platforms for database-backed websites.

This is a good point, that some languages cross barriers. Tool Control Language is just another acronym, but "tickle" is a funny one.

There are a number of TCLs (usually job control shells similar to JCL/DCL/etc.) but for some reason they never get called "tickle" the way Tcl does.

Re: The Best Name Ever for a Computer Language

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Post by reeses » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 8:06 PM UTC

GotAnyMegadeth wrote: post #9

I'm currently designing a Hardware Description Language. I'm probably going to call it Vee, because it's main competitors are VHDL and Verilog HDL, which have the same acronym. So mine will be VeeHDL. I'll HN it when it get nearer to completion. PS I am aware no one says Verilog HDL...

When you release it, if it is good, I will curse your name (hah) when I try to google for information and get back 10,000,000 near misses.

Re: The Best Name Ever for a Computer Language

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Post by fbomb » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 6:14 PM UTC

gjm11 wrote: post #10

The page says, about C#, > C#, which is also a musical note one semitone higher than C. Which is true enough, but am I the only person to think that the original idea must surely have been to signify "(C++)++", with the two "++"es one on top of the other? (See: http://imgur.com/8On6Stn ) [EDIT: Thanks, wtetzner : apparently Anders Hejlsberg had the good taste to agree with me :-).]

of course a C-sharp is equivalent to a D-flat :-)