[OT] python notation in new NVIDIA architecture

[Daniel Nogradi]

> > 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?

Wow! How is it that I didn't think about this before?! Thanks a million!