Where did the name Bison come from anyway?
The history of computers and software is full of nerdy and obscure jokes well beyond the caricatures of exiting vim. Complier compiler (explain that to most people!) to yet another compiler compiler to bison is one of those.
What are your favourite obscure computer nerd jokes?
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A real-life moth was found to be the cause of errors in a computer, popularizing the terms "bug" and "debugging". The culprit was attached to the report as proof:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debugging#/media/File%3AFirst_Computer_Bug%2C_1945.jpg
While the story is true, it’s not the origin of the terms “bug” and “debugging.” Those terms were already in use in Edison’s time.
Yes, that's what the page I linked to says, and why I said "popularized" and not "originated".