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WalterBright
24 days ago
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It's about time programmers stopped naming products and languages after elements and chemicals. Haven't we had enough of that?
We should name languages only after letters. After all, 26 languages should be enough for anybody.
vovavili
24 days ago
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It's actually deliberately clever wordplay. Helium is light, chromium is heavy. Their browser is a set of patches to Chromium.
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We should name languages only after letters. After all, 26 languages should be enough for anybody.