• drspod@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    I had no idea there are people who pronounce Godot as “go-dot.” I will never be able to unhear this.

    I’ve always said “god-oh” with a silent ‘t’ like in “Brigitte Bardot”.

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          4 days ago

          They’re being tactful. It’s clearly a reference to Waiting for Godot. They even said so.

          The name “Godot” was chosen in reference to Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot, as it represents the never-ending wish of adding new features in the engine, which would get it closer to an exhaustive product, but never will.

    • Probably because of misunderstanding the project, and thinking it has something to do with Go (the language). Or, maybe not. But programmers can be really uncreative when naming projects; <language><function> is a pretty common naming scheme.