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It's not really something new. Ada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language) ) was created 40 years ago. Kids with crazy names is a long standing tradition, going back millenia :-)


Also Amos, Haskell, Idris, Joy, Miranda or Yorick. Arguably Dylan or Pascal.

I'm more confused by a name starting with a capital "J" not being associated with Java, as once was custom.

As for kid's names, definitely[1].

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg9w0YSMLHY


And don't forget Swift, named after the biggest philosopher of our time - Taylor Swift.


"associated with Java, as once was the custom". Like JavaScript. Yeah, right.


Julia too


You are right, just the timing and example is so striking :)




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