Or Hare and Brain

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Anton van
Straaten<[email protected]> wrote:
> Grant Rettke wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Aubrey Jaffer<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> How about "Essence" for the large language and "Quintessence" for the
>>> small?
>>
>> Your idea is nice, but the names seem a bit too literal.
>>
>> From a branding perspective it would throw away the last 30 years of 
>> investment.
>
> Besides, it also breaks with the history of the name itself: Schemer was
> named as an intended successor to Planner and Conniver.  The "R" was
> lost to the ITS operating system's draconian naming limitations.
>
> If new names weren't such a silly idea, this would lead inevitably to
> the names Cons for the small language, and Spire for the large one.
>
> Anton
>
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