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I am the maintainer. I explained on reddit:

>Why the name?

>

>There were many times that I looked at a code graph and said “this is fucked”. Seemed like a good name.

it's just a fun side project. not that serious

I was at a social event many years ago at a friend's home. Several families and their children were in attendance. One child started pulling books out of a bookcase. The mother said to the host, "Do you mind Jimmy taking books out of your bookcase?" She answered, "Well, I don't really mind -- but do you really want to be training your child that it's ok to be doing this?"

Yes, I do find it crass and offensive. But the real question is: Do you want to be known as someone who glibly uses this kind of language -- not even in a fit of anger, but totally gratuitously?

Fuck yes

Go big or go home, as they say...

Makes me think you are uptight. It's just a side project

Counterpoint: un-fuck is maybe the most engineery naughty word that exists.

"Successback". It's not naughty, it's just gross.

Failover / failback --> Successover / successback

Ugh.

Do you think the same for Brainfuck?

Not OP but yes, but free stuff can be as immature as they want, who is it going to be upset?

I absolutely adore the name.