[OT] python notation in new NVIDIA architecture

[Delaney, Timothy (Tim)]

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

Actually, I think it's more likely to be a direct link to the Fish
Slapping Dance ...

Tim Delaney