Hello team, I'd like to know more about origin of Nim's naming idea.
Who came up with it, when, what was the reason for choosing that particular name for the programming language?
It was later renamed to Nim for marketing reasons as unfortunately Nimrod also means something bad in US slang.
First sponsor was 3dicc.
For anyone interested more in Nimrod meaning :
From Eustice Mullins - The Curse of Canaan book:
Nimrōd
Meaning: Traditionally interpreted as “rebel”, “let us rebel" or "disobedient to god". Some scholars suggest it derives from the root מרד (m-r-d) meaning to rebel.
Nimrod, as founder of Babel (to confuse - the founder of confusion, The Great Confuser), becomes associated with confusion:
Spiritual confusion (false religion/idolatry) Political confusion (tyranny/centralized empire, keep peoples separated and prejudice) Linguistic confusion (the result of the tower)
The legendary symbol for Nimrod is "X." The use of this symbol always denotes witchcraft. When "X" is used as a shortened form meaning Christmas, it actually means "to celebrate the feast of Nimrod." A double X, which has always meant to double-cross or betray, in its fundamental meaning indicates one's betrayal into the hands of Satan. When American corporations use the "X" in their logo, such as "Exxon," the historic Rockefeller firm of Standard Oil of New Jersey, there can be little doubt of this hidden meaning.
The importance of Nimrod in any study of the occult cannot be over-emphasized. Because of the powers given him by the clothing of Adam and Eve, Nimrod became the first man to rule the whole world. He indulged that power by launching excesses and horrors which have never been equaled. Ever since the time of Nimrod, Babylon has been the symbol of depravity and lust (involving also money). Nimrod also introduced the practice of genocide to the world. His grandfather, Ham, having consorted with other races, and brought children of mixed race into the world, was persuaded by his consort, the evil Naamah, to practice ritual murder and cannibalism. She informed Ham that by killing and eating fair-skinned people, his descendants could regain their superior qualities. Throughout the ensuing centuries, the fair-skinned descendants of Shem, Noah's oldest son, have ritually been slaughtered by the darker descendants of Ham and Nimrod, in the world's most persistent campaign of racial and religious persecution.
Not only did Nimrod kill and eat the fair-skinned descendants of Shem, in his fury and hatred he often burned them alive. The type of human sacrifice involving the eating of the slaughtered human victims derived its name from the combined names of his uncle, Canaan, and the demon god Baal, the two names being combined to form the word "cannibal." Nimrod was also known in ancient history by the names of Marduk, Bel, and Merodach. Because of his importance in its history, Babylon was known as the Land of Nimrod. Nimrod is also cited in the most ancient Masonic constitutions as the founder of Freemasonry.
It's said he was reincarnated into a giant fish in the sea.
Dagon means "fish" in the Hebrew and the Papacy till this day wears the same "Dagon Fish Mithre" to show that they are portraying the ancient priesthood of "Dagon the fish-god".