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Programming languages named after people

A sibling set for 4 agents. Programming languages whose names directly honor a real historical person, each confirmed by a direct source rather than folk etymology. Four languages named after real people, each confirmed by a direct source. Naming an agent after a language named after a person is two removes from a person, which is about right.

  1. 1AdaNamed for Ada Lovelace; the DoD standard number, 1815, is her birth year
  2. 2PascalNamed for mathematician Blaise Pascal
  3. 3HaskellNamed for logician Haskell Curry
  4. 4ErlangNamed for mathematician Agner Krarup Erlang, also a pun on 'Ericsson Language'

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Source: Julia (programming language) (Wikipedia), linked.