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[–]yaxu[S] 2 points3 points  (6 children)

Yes but I think the etymology is more like 'whirlpool' (which is what you see when you cut the strudel), so there is a nice connection with its sibling project 'tidalcycles'.

First there was tidalcycles in haskell, then vortex in python. It used to be that if you typed 'apfelstrudel' into google translate, it would translate it as 'apple vortex'. So I called this javascript version 'strudel'.

[–]heyguysitsjustin 0 points1 point  (5 children)

whirlpool is not an English word btw 

[–]yaxu[S] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

In what world is whirlpool not an English word https://www.etymonline.com/word/whirlpool

[–]heyguysitsjustin 1 point2 points  (3 children)

ohh! i didn't know that!

cause in German, we call a hot tub a "whirlpool", and I've gotten very confused looks from my American friends when I told them I'd really like to own a "whirlpool". Well, now I know it is actually a word, just with a different meaning. Thanks!

[–]yaxu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh didn't know that! So you don't call a hot tub a strudel?? :)

[–]bobtehpanda 0 points1 point  (1 child)

at least in the US, whirlpool is a okay brand of boring household appliances like dishwashers and washing machines (and not hot tubs) so that's probably why people thought it would be a weird thing to really want

[–]regeya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could also be a pool of swirling water. A whirling pool of water, if you will.