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		D13Fd on Jan 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Julia adoption keeps climbing I agree that it's easier when it's an homage to a certain person, and a last name, like Pascal. I actually knew that about Pascal but never gave it a second thought. According to Wikipedia at least, "Julia" is not named after anyone in particular.

ebalit on Jan 18, 2021 [–]

Pascal is also a first name in France even though in the case of the programming language, it is named after Blaise Pascal last name.

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