Nim Succession Plan

Re:Nim Succession Plan by arrakeen on Sunday July 02, 2023 @05:21PM (#36565903)

what did you expect from a person who didn't realize that naming your programming language "nimrod" might not be a good idea?

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Re:Nim Succession Plan by esrauch on Sunday July 02, 2023 @05:42PM (#36566093)

What's wrong with the name nimrod? The name is biblical but not overtly religious in this context, and the bugs bunny association (of a hunter who is a fool) doesn't seem like it should really offend anyone.

Like if he wanted to name the language "fool", how would it be a problem?

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Re:Nim Succession Plan by sjhkjse on Sunday July 09, 2023 @05:22PM (#36659048)

it's a lot closer to "retard" than "fool" in connotation.

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Re:Nim Succession Plan by firesloth on Sunday July 02, 2023 @07:06PM (#36566743)

I was under the impression that using "nimrod" as an insult was an American thing (reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod#Idiom ). The creator of Nim is European.

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