Isn't it's hilarious that Guido van Rossum has a brother named Just van Rossum?

Posted by ErlingSigurdson@reddit | Python | View on Reddit | 29 comments

Like, there's a famous software engineer Guido van Rossum. He also has a brother who's not a software engineer and not Guido. He's just van Rossum. Like, your regular, run-of-the-mill van Rossum.

Sorry, I don't know if this gag has ever emerged among you Python folks.

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Eurydi-a@reddit

This is a joke? Or is it a serious observation?

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ErlingSigurdson@reddit (OP)

Guido does have a brother whose name is Just. It's a fact.

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Eurydi-a@reddit

What an unfortunate name indeed, I am sure the pronunciation is different from what we expect

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roerd@reddit

Surprise, other languages besides English exist, and in those, "Just" may not be a regular word.

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Eurydi-a@reddit

Surprise what? That is exactly what I said in the comment you are replying to.

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kr4t0s007@reddit

Joke is als popular name in Dutch. Its doesn’t mean joke and its pronounced different.

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IAmA_talking_cat_AMA@reddit

Indeed, J in Dutch is pronounced like a Y, so it's closer to "Yust"

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BabyJesusAnalingus@reddit

Considering most people say Guido's first name wrong, it's a safe assumption.

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besmin@reddit

Just is pronounced “yoost” in dutch. He is a type designer and creator of fontTools. He was my teacher in KABK and I had learned from him a lot. He’s down to earth and I believe a genius.

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the_guruji@reddit

Aside, Just is also a very accomplished type designer and programmer himself. He is leading the creation of the Fontra font editor, for example.

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mfitzp@reddit

What's the gag? "van Rossum" just a surname?

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ErlingSigurdson@reddit (OP)

A pun on first name "Just" and word "just" being almost homographs.

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mfitzp@reddit

Oh, wasn't clear from the post because it wasn't capitalized:

He's just van Rossum.

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ErlingSigurdson@reddit (OP)

Yeah, I capitalized it in the topic name, but went on to lowercase in the post itself.

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ErlingSigurdson@reddit (OP)

Cheers. I just like chuckling and sharing thing that made me chuckle.

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runawayasfastasucan@reddit

>Like, there's a famous software engineer Guido van Rossum. He also has a brother who's not a software engineer and not Guido. He's just van Rossum. Like, your regular, run-of-the-mill van Rossum.

Crazy that two brothers happens to have the same surname. What are the odds?

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ErlingSigurdson@reddit (OP)

Not everyone's got a brother named Just.

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kkang_kkang@reddit

Sorry, I don't know if this gag has ever emerged among you Python folks.

Yeah, it happened to me when I was born.

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