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Well, Apple stole 'Swift' from a different language (was quickly changed to "parallel scripting language"):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_(parallel_scripting_langu...

He created something in an entirely different category. Both projects have similar chances to succeed. What is the problem?

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People just like sharing that kind of thing. When I made this little page http://chrisdone.com/z because I couldn't be bothered thinking of a better name, there were dozens of people commenting and emailing me expressing concern that there is already a Z programming language and I should respect other authors etc.

> What is the problem?

Nobody said anything about it being a some sort of a problem.

Actually, the reason why I checked this link and the comments section is because I thought that this is in some way related to the Vivaldi browser. After reading the comments, I realized that I was completely wrong.

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