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Who has the best name in the programming space? (programming.dev)

submitted 19 hours ago by vrek@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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Not talking about the people themselves just how awesome some names are. My favorites is Stephan Wolfram and Matt Goldbolt!

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[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 31 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Throwing one in for Niklaus Wirth because he said:

Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Ni-klows Wirt'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nick-les Worth'. This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 6 points 16 hours ago

Lol, as an American in my head I initially pronounced it worth

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Amazing quote!

Probably the closest way to pronounce the name as an American would be "Virt", with "i" pronounced as in "will".