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Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by msravi on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @11:06AM (#16977583)
Trivia: Ju-py-ter = Julia Python Terminal

Although it's gone far beyond just Julia and Python now.

Edit: Ahurmazda is right.

...the core programming languages supported by Jupyter are Julia, Python and R. While the name Jupyter is not a direct acronym for these languages, it nods its head in those directions. In particular, the "y" in the middle of Jupyter was chosen to honor our Python heritage.

https://github.com/jupyter/design/wiki/Jupyter-Logo

Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by osteele on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @11:10PM (#16983080)
Also worth noting: Hydrogen, the Jupyter plugin for Atom[1][2].

Hydrogen is a fantastically well-executed and useful piece of software. (As is Jupyter.) I’ve used it in my own programming, and also in teaching introductory software development, where it’s a helpful transition from Jupyter notebooks (which are used in the early part of the course, for problem sets / reading journals) to text files and code editors (which are introduced later, and used for team projects, and for projects that use Flask or PyGame).

But also — relevant to this sub-thread — “Hydrogen” (it relates “Jupyter” to “Atom”) has to be one of the best project names ever. It’s right up there with “Pyramid Scheme”[3].

[1] https://nteract.io/atom

[2] https://atom.io/packages/hydrogen

[3] http://www.michaelburge.us/2017/11/28/write-your-next-ethere...

Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by takluyver on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @11:16AM (#16977691)
ahurmazda pointed out that you're thinking of 'Jupyter Python R'. And this is a reference, not an 'equals'.

The name is also in homage to Galileo's notebooks recording the discovery of the moons of Jupiter (the four we now call the 'Galilean moons'), and also to a bar called Jupiter in Berkeley, which the core team has visited quite often. The last one's more like a funny coincidence, though.

Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by evanb on Thursday May 03, 2018 @02:05AM (#16983687)
That Quasar beer at Jupiter... Honestly, all the beer at Jupiter. Mmmmm.
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by carreau on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @11:21AM (#16977759)
XKCD Galilean moons. https://xkcd.com/1300/

Congrats BTW.

Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by pomber on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:42PM (#16979363)
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by ahurmazda on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @11:07AM (#16977593)
Julia Python R
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by mynewtb on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:08PM (#16978364)
Is it pronounced jupeeter or jupieter?
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by TallGuyShort on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @03:20PM (#16980283)
And is NumPy "Numb Pie" or does it rhyme with "lumpy"? (My apologies to everyone who will picture something lumpy next time they're doing a bunch of math).
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by neuland on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:43PM (#16980978)
I've always heard "Numb Pie"
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by divideby0829 on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:48PM (#16981450)
It think it's pronounced numpy...

That said, I've always rhymed it with lumpy, haha

Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by mkl on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @08:30PM (#16982361)
In conference talks, most people (including NumPy's creators) pronounce it "numb pie".
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by jasongrout on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:27PM (#16979815)
I pronounce it like the planet, and everyone else I've met in Jupyter leadership (including Fernando and Brian) also pronounce it like the planet.
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by na85 on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:28PM (#16978605)
I just pronounce it the same as the planet Jupiter.
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by teekert on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:58PM (#16979547)
Oh, I say the Py part as in Python... Is it wrong?
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by mkl on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @08:29PM (#16982353)
Yes. The creators pronounce it exactly like "Jupiter", where the unstressed middle "i" vowel becomes a schwa.
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by killjoywashere on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @09:37PM (#16982683)
Fernando Perez says "Jupiter". It's his baby, "Jupiter" it is.
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award by unixhero on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:47PM (#16979414)
Like the planet