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It was named after the sentient computer system in the TV show "The Good Place"

A humourous clip: https://youtu.be/etJ6RmMPGko?si=W98LdG1jDdUCXsHV

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Also mentioned in the GitHub repository:

> Why is it called "Janet"? Janet is named after the almost omniscient and friendly artificial being in The Good Place

https://github.com/janet-lang/janet#why-is-it-called-janet