kersploosh to [email protected]English • edit-211 days agoArabic numerals, you say?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 days agoFun fact, the etymology of algebra actually is Arabic: al-jabr, “the reunion of broken parts.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•11 days agoMan I feel like if we called it that, people would think it’s way cooler.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•11 days agoAl-Jabbar is also one of the names of God, meaning the restorer, the repairer and the compeller
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoHe’s pretty great at basketball too, wait no, that’s Abdul Ja… Nevermind.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoWell, pressing “compile” does tend to include prayers.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoLet me introduce you to our lord and saviour C/C++.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoYeah I was kinda confused by the joke since that’s ultimately it’s origin.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•9 days agoShe is not right on accident. Her sounding stupid is the joke. She knows what she’s talking about. Her comedy skits are all like this.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•9 days agoI meant Cunk the character, not the wickedly funny woman who plays her.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoAnd “algorithm” is of similar origin: al-Khwarizmi
Fun fact, the etymology of algebra actually is Arabic: al-jabr, “the reunion of broken parts.”
That’s smooth af.
Man I feel like if we called it that, people would think it’s way cooler.
Al-Jabbar is also one of the names of God, meaning the restorer, the repairer and the compeller
He’s pretty great at basketball too, wait no, that’s Abdul Ja… Nevermind.
Refactor, repairer and compiler? /jk
Well, pressing “compile” does tend to include prayers.
Let me introduce you to our lord and saviour C/C++.
Yeah I was kinda confused by the joke since that’s ultimately it’s origin.
The joke is she’s right on accident
She is not right on accident. Her sounding stupid is the joke. She knows what she’s talking about. Her comedy skits are all like this.
I meant Cunk the character, not the wickedly funny woman who plays her.
And “algorithm” is of similar origin: al-Khwarizmi