Editing Project Habakkuk (section)

=== Code name and spelling ===
The project's code name was often incorrectly spelled ''Habbakuk'' in official documents. This may have been Pyke's error. At least one early unsigned document (apparently written by him) spells it Habbakuk. However, post-war publications by people concerned with the project, such as Perutz and Goodeve, all restore the proper spelling, with one "b" and three "k"s.{{fact|date=May 2019}} The name is a reference to the project's ambitious goal: {{quote|Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. {{bibleverse||Habakkuk|1:5|KJV}}}}

David Lampe, in his book, ''Pyke, the Unknown Genius'', states that the name was derived from [[Voltaire]]'s ''[[Candide]]'' and was misspelled by Pyke's Canadian secretary. However, the word does not actually appear in ''Candide'',<ref name="Gutenberg">[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19942 Voltaire's ''Candide''] at gutenberg.org</ref> so this is probably inaccurate.