Re:Maria: A ClojureScript coding environment for beginners
by dsnr on Thursday November 17, 2022 @07:31AM
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My point is, I don’t recall seeing any tech product named “John”. We shouldn’t be using first names for random products regardless of gender. People somehow assume that female first names are somehow better suited as names for some software product, than male names.
It’s new in the sense that I keep noticing them more often lately.
Re:Maria: A ClojureScript coding environment for beginners
by sritchie on Thursday November 17, 2022 @07:35AM
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Haskell, Erlang, Pascal… Maria is a reference to Maria Montessori, whose educational philosophy inspired Maria.cloud.
Re:Maria: A ClojureScript coding environment for beginners
by dsnr on Thursday November 17, 2022 @07:39AM
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> Haskell, Erlang, Pascal
Those are family names, correct me if I’m wrong.
Re:Maria: A ClojureScript coding environment for beginners
by andsoitis on Thursday November 17, 2022 @08:31AM
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Haskell and Erlang perhaps, but Pascal is both.
Re:Maria: A ClojureScript coding environment for beginners
by o_pax on Thursday November 17, 2022 @08:37AM
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You're wrong. Haskell is named after Haskell Brooks Curry. There might be an opportunity for a new functional language named Brooks.
Re:Maria: A ClojureScript coding environment for beginners
by weatherlight on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:31AM
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https://www.houseofnames.com/maria-family-crest/Italian#:~:t....
Maria is also a surname, what's your point?
Other than that, Maria is also a male name although not very common.
~50% of humans are female and if there is a „trend“ for giving female names to software, yes, please do it more.