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> That's like calling your programming language Latin?!

More accurately it would be like calling it Alphabet, since that takes its name from Alpha Beta (AB) just like the Futhark takes its name from the first letters in it.

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Eh. Words get overloaded all the time and this is a website focusing on programming after all. Would you consider "Python by example" or "C by example" to need disambiguation because they're not about snakes or about the third letter of the alphabet?

Also the very first line on that page is "The Futhark Programming Language" so if you were still confused after that I think it's on you.

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It is a pretty confusing name. Personally I'm waiting for someone to name a programming language Womble. Underground, overground, you're free to use it as long as you work as a team and are tidy and clean.
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