- Rincewind is a fictional character appearing in several of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. He is a failed student at the Unseen University for wizards in Ankh-Morpork, and is often described by scholars as “the magical equivalent to the number zero”. He spends most of his time running away from bands of people who want to kill him for various reasons. The fact that he’s still alive and running is explained in that, although he was born with a wizard’s spirit, he has the body of a long-distance sprinter. Rincewind is also renowned for being able to solve minor problems by turning them into major disasters. His unique “skill” is implied to be due to being the chosen one of “The Lady”, the anthropomorphic personification of luck (both good and bad).
- curl - Frequently Asked Questions (curl.se)
cURL is the name of the project. The name is a play on ‘Client for URLs’, originally with URL spelled in uppercase to make it obvious it deals with URLs. The fact it can also be read as ‘see URL’ also helped, it works as an abbreviation for “Client URL Request Library” or why not the recursive version: “curl URL Request Library”.