Comment on Julia, I Love YouparentComments−Tycho14yRuby.−damncabbage14yThat was named after Perl.Having said that, it'd be interesting to know how many people think "gem", "girl's name" or "derivative of Perl" when they first hear it.−necubi14yInterestingly, the chat session where the name "ruby" was chosen has been saved for posterity: http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/... (and the HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2954764).
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Ruby.
That was named after Perl.
Having said that, it'd be interesting to know how many people think "gem", "girl's name" or "derivative of Perl" when they first hear it.
Interestingly, the chat session where the name "ruby" was chosen has been saved for posterity: http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/... (and the HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2954764).