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What means number 5 in name "p5"? #2443

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geraldar opened this issue Dec 23, 2017 · 1 comment
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What means number 5 in name "p5"? #2443

geraldar opened this issue Dec 23, 2017 · 1 comment

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Library name: p5.js
"p" means processing.
@lmccart what means number "5", why not 6, 7 or other?
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lmccart commented Dec 23, 2017 •
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the original domain of processing was proce55ing.net, so people used to sometimes refer to processing as proce55ing or P5 or p5 for short. they still do sometimes. p5.js is a reference to that.

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