I don't see a mention in the docs as to where the name Julia came from; did I miss it? This was one of the first things I looked for when I learned about Julia. As humans, we like a good origin story, and often we invent stories if there is not one present. My guess is that even during the selection of the name, Julia as the name of a woman [1] and as the French mathematician [2] came up in discussion. This came up during discussion of the language with my co-workers. This ambiguity would be resolved if one of the founders wrote a paragraph or more on the origin of the name in the docs. I recall that Jeff said something at a meetup about the origin of the name that meshes with the community standards.
[1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Julia [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Julia On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 6:47 AM, Sisyphuss <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not particular interested in this issue. I just like to know: > > 1. If someone makes a moe female cartoon image of Julia language, is it a > sexualization (in the second sense of Oxford dictionary)? > > 2. I happened to say "understand her (Julia)" (that was a pun) nearly one > year ago, was I sexualize it (in the second sense of Oxford dictionary)? > -- [email protected]
