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Ha. My entire career I've named (almost) every program I've ever written something-tron, or more usually, something-o-tron. (Sometimes suffixed with "2000" or "3000" depending on how cool it is.)

I guess this means I really am old now.

I expect the modern equivalent would be "-inator" as a suffix.

To boost your Perry the Platypus streed cred, definitely.

gpt-o-tron 3000…

Andrétron 3000

:D Reminds me of my (very cool) Taskmaster 3000 program.

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