ianthehenry 18 hours ago

hi, i am the author of this book and i agree with you. it's not a good connotation. i chose it because: 1. it is kinda memorable (look there are so many programming books with exactly the same name) 2. the language is named after an immortal being who guides mortals through the afterlife in the fictional property the good place, so there's some kinda connection. but i agree the implication that janet is somehow "hard" to learn or that the author is somehow "on a higher plane" is bad. i waffled on this a lot but never came up with another title i could stand and ultimately just pulled the trigger. (but note that i left myself some wiggle room with a neutral domain name.) i hope the tone of the book itself helps to counteract the title, but ya know who knows

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bmitc 16 hours ago

This isn't really a specific complaint about this book. Just triggered my thoughts on a general theme. Thanks for writing the book. I might look into it, as I'm generally interested in Lisp/Scheme-likes.