[OT] python notation in new NVIDIA architecture

[James Stroud]

Daniel Nogradi wrote:
> Something funny:
> 
> The new programming model of NVIDIA GPU's is called CUDA and I've
> noticed that they use the same __special__ notation for certain things
> as does python. For instance their modified C language has identifiers
> such as __device__, __global__, __shared__, etc. Is it a coincidence?
> Probably it is. :)

Cuda is usually taken as short for "barracuda", a fish. Fish have been 
known to slither under the right circumstances. Perhaps this is the link?

James