I feel we have way too little humanity in tech. With the advent of AI, that does not promise to improve.
C# is named because it’s a step up from C++, which is one better than C, which is the next thing after B.
Python is just an arbitrarily chosen name referencing a comedy troupe.
Linux is Linus’s copy of Minix, which is a minimal Unix, which is based off of Multics, which is a pseudo-initialism.
We have names honoring the dead; Pascal, Ada, Darwin.
We can name one color in one spec in honor of one person’s dead child.
It is neither a burden nor out of character for the field. If you genuinely believe it is a problem, I ask that you step back and reflect on why you truly believe it is.
I'm told that it stands for "PHP Hypertext Processor." A recursive acronym.
http://www.art.net/studios/hackers/hopkins/Don/text/rms-vs-d...
Nuance;
I'll say "You will find more than zero people here who don't really seem to consider humanity and tech overlapping domains."