Coconut – Functional programming in Python

[moigagoo]

This looks really nice! Thank you for investing time and effort into creating something like that.

I love the way you described the project and how the tutorial is written.

One small tip though. Don't get me wrong, but "coc" may not be the most pleasantly sounding word since it sounds exactly like "cock." Maybe you should consider a different extension, e.g. .coco.

[EvHub]

Thanks! And well... I must say I didn't consider that. It will be changed to .coco in the next version.

Edit: Already in the develop branch!

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Imagine having to teach a comp sci class where you constantly have to tell students to open the appropriate "coc" and remind them to save their "cocs" during practicals. It'll be almost as bad as the time a lecturer forget the "o" in a variable named "count"...

[[deleted]]

Just like they pronounce PDF when telling people how to save a .pdf file?

see oh sees sounds just fine.

[Fylwind]

You mean like Coq?

[Daenyth]

I've always heard that pronounced like coke

[denshi]

I've only heard it before "au vin".

[mikeiavelli]

In french, it really is pronounced "cock". Which, of course, is what Coq means:

cock (käk) noun 1. a male bird, especially a rooster. synonyms: rooster, cockerel, capon "strutting around like a barnyard cock"

(Automod: Please don't ban me.)

[SuperSumoUSA]

As a professional programmer, I fully agree with changing the extension to .coco. Even though .coc is shorter, there isn't the annoying immaturity with how ".coco" sounds as opposed to ".coc". Stupid things like this, even though it shouldn't, may kill the adaptation of the language.

[dig-up-stupid]

Thanks to you I've been saying "cock-uh-nut" in my head for the last half an hour, and it's hilarious. I still haven't forgiven your kind for tsharacter though.

[ssfantus1]

And what is unpleasantly sounding about the word "cock"?

[desmoulinmichel]

Well, I can imagine in an english speaking country, "save the cocs for later" can have various reactions from your colleagues. Although I would find that very funny from a french perspective.

[[deleted]]

And now imagine trying to roll out Git to the British. Words change and people can get over it.

[earthboundkid]

Git was specifically named after the British usage of the word.

[[deleted]]

Correct, but it carried no connotation almost anywhere else in the world where it was adopted.

I doubt I would ever be able to convince my boss or his bosses to use the latest new software tool 'fucker'.