A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe

Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by silicon2401 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @09:57AM (#24408390)

This happens with western names as well. Jo, Bo, Malcolm X.

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Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by chrisfinazzo on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:38AM (#24409455)

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Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by pletsch on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @10:34AM (#24408785)

Wasn't he just known as X though? His legal name would have been Islamic and his birth name was Little.

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Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by 0x4a42 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @10:45AM (#24408900)

If you are Malcom X and you create, let's say, a Facebook account, then your last name is X.

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Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by lisper on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:16AM (#24409231)

Harry S Truman's middle name was the letter S.

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Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by dathanb82 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:53PM (#24410237)

Ditto Ulysses S Grant (though he wasn’t born with that name).

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