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The name Jupyter pays homage to Julia, Python, and R

Jason Grout · Project Jupyter // Jason Grout & Sylvain Corlay, Bloomberg (FirstMark's Data Driven) · Feb 3, 2017 · at 5:45

Jason Grout, scientific software developer at Bloomberg and core Jupyter developer, explains the naming origin of Project Jupyter at Data Driven NYC.

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“In fact, the name Jupiter pays homage to these three languages, Julia, Python, and R.”

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The claim, plainly

The name Project Jupyter pays homage to three programming languages: Julia, Python, and R.

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Assessment

Official Project Jupyter documentation (including the jupyter/design GitHub repository wiki and the official project blog) as well as statements from co-founder Fernando Pérez confirm that the name 'Jupyter' was created as an homage and reference to the programming languages Julia, Python, and R.

The official jupyter/design repository wiki explicitly notes that the name references the core languages Julia, Python, and R, with the 'y' honoring Python heritage.
In a May 29, 2018 post on the official Project Jupyter Blog, the core team wrote that the name is a play on the languages Julia, Python, and R.
Project co-founder Fernando Pérez publicly stated that the name Jupyter was inspired by Julia, Python, and R.

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[1] wikipedia.org [2] infosecjupyterbook.com [3] quora.com [4] quora.com [5] jupyter.org [6] jupyter.org [7] lbl.gov [8] spicytakes.org

"Julia, Python" "R" "Jupyter" "Fernando Perez" name origin "The name has its origins in a few different places" "Jupiter" "Julia" "Python" Project Jupyter name origin Julia Python R Fernando Perez "Project Jupyter" "Galileo" "Julia" "Python" "R" "homage" OR "reference" OR "play" Project Jupyter name origin official documentation founder statement "Julia, Python, and R" "Jupyter" site:blog.jupyter.org OR site:jupyter.org

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