Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> Bluebird, cardinal, warbler, thrush. Avian friends you know well.

And I have a new favorite naming convention.

> “Barendregt. Church is too mainstream.” > “It won’t be JavaScript for much longer.”

Douglas Adams teaches SICP.



The bird names come from Smullyan's To Mock a Mockingbird. He has a few more named birds in there and there are some other articles online (on mobile so not searching at the moment) about them.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: