Yes, I know Arabic and Islamic are not synonymous. I was stretching for a silly title.
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Fun fact, the etymology of algebra actually is Arabic: al-jabr, “the reunion of broken parts.”
That’s smooth af.
And "algorithm" is of similar origin: al-Khwarizmi
Al-Jabbar is also one of the names of God, meaning the restorer, the repairer and the compeller
Refactor, repairer and compiler? /jk
Well, pressing "compile" does tend to include prayers.
Let me introduce you to our lord and saviour C/C++.
He's pretty great at basketball too, wait no, that's Abdul Ja... Nevermind.
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.
Oh. I read that wrong. Sorry.
Man I feel like if we called it that, people would think it's way cooler.