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mindcrime ◴[] No.40719719[source]
Apologies in advance for the slightly off-topic comment, but does anybody else find the name "Futhark" a bit.. erm... I dunno, "off-putting" for lack of a better term? What I mean is, I don't work with the language or anything, so it's never "top of mind" for me. And every time I see it show up on HN (or whatever) for some reason when I see that name something "pattern matches" and makes me think it's some eso-lang ala INTERCAL, Befunge, Malbolge, etc. It's only if I click through on the link and do some reading that I'm reminded that "Oh, this is something serious."

Probably it's just a me thing, but I'd be curious to know if anybody else experiences this with regards to Futhark.

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1. digging ◴[] No.40719898[source]
First I'm hearing of the programming language, but Futhark is the name given to several forms of the Old Norse runic alphabet, not made up wholesale or derived from other less-serious names.