I don't really agree. I mean, it would be nice to know where the name came from, as it is an interesting bit of trivia. But as a community of mature adults, maybe we can agree that we won't sexualize a name because (i) this is part of the community standards we (implicitly) agreed to and (ii) maybe not everything female-sounding needs be related to sex.
So knowing the origins of the name could be interesting, but it has nothing to do with the issue discussed in this thread, I think. Le lundi 12 octobre 2015 à 08:37 -0700, Christian Peel a écrit : > I don't see a mention in the docs as to where the name Julia came > from; did > I miss it? This was one of the first things I looked for when I > learned > about Julia. As humans, we like a good origin story, and often we > invent > stories if there is not one present. My guess is that even during > the > selection of the name, Julia as the name of a woman [1] and as the > French > mathematician [2] came up in discussion. This came up during > discussion of > the language with my co-workers. This ambiguity would be resolved if > one > of the founders wrote a paragraph or more on the origin of the name > in the > docs. I recall that Jeff said something at a meetup about the origin > of > the name that meshes with the community standards. > > [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Julia > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Julia > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 6:47 AM, Sisyphuss <zhengwend...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I am not particular interested in this issue. I just like to know: > > > > 1. If someone makes a moe female cartoon image of Julia language, > > is it a > > sexualization (in the second sense of Oxford dictionary)? > > > > 2. I happened to say "understand her (Julia)" (that was a pun) > > nearly one > > year ago, was I sexualize it (in the second sense of Oxford > > dictionary)? > > > > > -- Timothée Poisot, PhD Professeur adjoint Département des sciences biologiques Université de Montréal phone : 514 343-7691 web : http://poisotlab.io twitter: @PoisotLab meeting: https://tpoisot.youcanbook.me/
