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by kerkeslager 1100 days ago
It's a problem for those people, and the solution is to grow up.

Why should adults care?
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Capricorn2481 1100 days ago
Because nobody wants to say they program in cock
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loupol 1100 days ago
In French, the way the word "bit" is pronounced sounds the exact same as the French word for cock (not the rooster).

I can assure you that French CS programming students get over it quickly. There's noone really asking for it to be renamed because it's understood that it's a commonly used foreign word. I'm not sure why an English professional scientist or programmer would be unable to take the same stance for a programming language invented in another country.

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thefz 1100 days ago
1- Languages other than English exist, deal with it

2- Grow up

3- Say "cee-oh-queue"

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erichocean 1099 days ago
> Say "cee-oh-queue"

This is the correct answer if you are truly unable to say "Coq".

If you need a precedent for multiple ways to refer to the same language, SQL has your back.

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