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Brendan Zabarauskas

@brendanzab

So glad this conversation is being had.

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Talia Ringer

@TaliaRinger

· Apr 7, 2021

I guess to people confused, my research community is now discussing whether and, if so, how to remame a proof assistant called Coq. The name is meaningful in French, but the English innuendo was known and a part of the "joke" when it was first named decades ago.

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I'm incredibly happy to see the care, sensitivity, and understanding of the current developers of Coq, and how willing they are to consider change, despite the real challenges they face in taking it on. It makes me incredibly excited for the future of the field.

Brendan Zabarauskas

@brendanzab

Apr 8, 2021

Dependent types should be for everyone, not just those willing to push past the tit-for-tat of those who came before us. If companies can do their due-diligence on how their names translate, then we can too: sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/coq-