Programming Language Named After Porn Star Linda Lovelace
July 2, 2013 | Julia Dawidowicz
While coding is the backbone of our digital life as we know it, only a small portion of the population actually has a grasp of the complex world of computer languages. Which is why the sneaky language-creators behind the scenes can get away with discrete mischief, like naming a coding language Linda… after porn star (turned anti-porn feminist activist) Linda Lovelace. GASP!
Linda is a “language typically used as a ‘language within a language’ to aid in parallel processing.” Language within a language, you say? […system calibrating dirties pun…calibrating…calibrating…ERROR…insert new language…]
As well as being a nod to the starlet behind such pornographic feats as Deep Throat and Deep Throat Part II, it’s also a subtle reference to Ada Lovelace, a mathematician and the world’s first computer programmer.
If today wasn't in full Franco overload mode already, here's ~0.67 seconds of James Franco as Hugh Hefner. It's not very convincing. There's also another ~1.34 seconds. He is tilting his head. There is a pipe in his mouth. Ah, good. Amanda Seyfried stars as Linda Lovelace, the porn performer of the…
Lovelace (2013) There is this ancient celluloid scroll DEEPTHROAT w/LINDA LOVELACE w/clitoris not where clitorisies go, feat. many fellatios & v popular some half-century ago, important #censorship etc. But Linda's story is #SAD so ☆ ENTER HOLLYWOOD ☆ Amanda Seyfried as "girl next door" HAHA James Franco as Hugh Hefner BAHAHAHA...…
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