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submitted 2 months ago by comma_egomaniac@midwest.social to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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Fun fact: Python is the only programming language named after an animal!

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 65 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

There's also OCamel and Julia.

[–] choss@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 months ago

And Ada

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Julia is an animal?

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 34 points 2 months ago

Yeah, there's a bunch of humans called Julia.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago

Yea, Julia is the name of the squirrel that routinely exploits my bird feeder.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Yes, under the right circumstances she can be.

[–] sunshine@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ocaml stands for "Objective Categorical Abstract Machine Language", so it's pronounced like "Camel" but not named after it, unfortunately