Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Then Perl language variants could go the other way and be:
>
>Pern Nano Perl
Network perl - then we can say "here be dragons - but friendly ones..."
--
Nick Ing-Simmons
On Sun, 6 May 2001, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> "durian".
Aw, nuts. You beat me to it. Do we really think the externals will be
spiky and the internals smelly but delicious?
--- Joe M.
da Du ron ron ron
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John Porter
> > You want to name it after a fruit smelling of dead cows and sewer gas?
>
> Oy! *I* didn't suggest the "Duran" name :-)
No, that was me. *Your* suggestion was the "durian".
Can a word association with the band by the same name x 2 really be a
bad thing? One hell of a comeback they're had. ;
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 11:51:27AM -0700, Peter Scott wrote:
> At 08:33 AM 5/6/01 -0500, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> >On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 01:31:17AM -0600, Dan Brian wrote:
> > > For your collective amuse() abuse() dismiss() I humbly submit:
> > >
> > > "duran" (or derivatives)
> > >
> > > As
At 08:27 PM 5/6/01 +0100, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> durian
>n 1: tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a
> hard spiny rind [syn: {durion}, {durian tree}, {Durio
> zibethinus}]
>2: huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hel
> durian
>n 1: tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a
> hard spiny rind [syn: {durion}, {durian tree}, {Durio
> zibethinus}]
>2: huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell
> and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are r
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 11:51:27AM -0700, Peter Scott wrote:
> >"durian".
>
> You want to name it after a fruit smelling of dead cows and sewer gas?
durian
n 1: tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a
hard spiny rind [syn: {durion}, {durian tree}, {Durio
At 08:33 AM 5/6/01 -0500, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
>On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 01:31:17AM -0600, Dan Brian wrote:
> > For your collective amuse() abuse() dismiss() I humbly submit:
> >
> > "duran" (or derivatives)
> >
> > Aside from conjuring images of "reflex", "rio", and maybe "Barbarella"
> > fo
At 09:32 AM 5/6/2001 -0500, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
>On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:33:45AM -0500, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> > On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 01:31:17AM -0600, Dan Brian wrote:
> > > For your collective amuse() abuse() dismiss() I humbly submit:
> > >
> > > "duran" (or derivatives)
> > >
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:33:45AM -0500, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 01:31:17AM -0600, Dan Brian wrote:
> > For your collective amuse() abuse() dismiss() I humbly submit:
> >
> > "duran" (or derivatives)
> >
> > Aside from conjuring images of "reflex", "rio", and maybe
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 01:31:17AM -0600, Dan Brian wrote:
> For your collective amuse() abuse() dismiss() I humbly submit:
>
> "duran" (or derivatives)
>
> Aside from conjuring images of "reflex", "rio", and maybe "Barbarella"
> for a select few, the word occurs in some interesting contexts.
For your collective amuse() abuse() dismiss() I humbly submit:
"duran" (or derivatives)
Aside from conjuring images of "reflex", "rio", and maybe "Barbarella"
for a select few, the word occurs in some interesting contexts. It means
little aside from it being a last name, a city name, and beari
Stephen P. Potter schrieb am 2001-05-03, 8:46:
> Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and "Matt Youell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wh
> ispered:
> | > What about leaving the flora aund fauna and using a name
> | > like they call ships?
> | > They always got names of females or towns...
> | >
> | > I sugg
> : also - why does it have to be tied to perl (in name) at all?
>
> Er, because we're writing it?
>
> : I like the idea
> : that it would *not* be tied to perl, ie: it would be more generic if it was
> : not named after it.
>
> Well, the fact that Tcl and Tk both start with T didn't stop pe
Has anyone suggested "Oyster", or is that too obvious?
__
Matt Youell - "Think different, just like everyone else."
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.youell.com/matt/
Edward Peschko writes:
: also - why does it have to be tied to perl (in name) at all?
Er, because we're writing it?
: I like the idea
: that it would *not* be tied to perl, ie: it would be more generic if it was
: not named after it.
Well, the fact that Tcl and Tk both start with T didn't st
> Too many dead parrot jokes? Too many lousy acronyms?
>
> Platform-Agnostic Rabidly Rapid Object Thrasher
well, it doesn't have to be underlined by an acronym.. and if you don't like
parrot, how about a play on the name w/'polly'?
> Urque.
>
> Since it's something underlying Perl, I'd s
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 12:32:40PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
> Since it's something underlying Perl, I'd suggest a decrement of
> "Perl", which would of course be "Perk". The Java engine would have
> to be "Perj", I guess, which seems fitting somehow.
Shouldn't the Java engine be "Perk" (or perha
Larry Wall wrote:
[...]
> Then Perl language variants could go the other way and be:
>
> PermMicro Perl
> PernNano Perl
> PeroJava Perl
> PerpPython Perl
> PerqQuick Perl
> PerrRuby Perl
> PersStrict Perl
> Pe
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 12:32:40PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
: Edward Peschko writes:
: : > : (is a nice city in Italy with a great symbol, the tower of Pisa).
: : > :
: : > : a'P' at the beginning, which means 'Perl',
: : > : an 'I' which may mean 'Interpreter',
: : > : a
Edward Peschko writes:
: > : (is a nice city in Italy with a great symbol, the tower of Pisa).
: > :
: > : a'P' at the beginning, which means 'Perl',
: > : an 'I' which may mean 'Interpreter',
: > : a'S' which may means'Six'
: > : an 'A' which may
> : (is a nice city in Italy with a great symbol, the tower of Pisa).
> :
> : a'P' at the beginning, which means 'Perl',
> : an 'I' which may mean 'Interpreter',
> : a'S' which may means'Six'
> : an 'A' which may means'Alpha'
>
> I
> What about leaving the flora aund fauna and using a name
> like they call ships?
> They always got names of females or towns...
>
> I suggest:
>
> PISA
>
Um... that sounds perilously close to "Piece Of". Am I alone on this one?
__
Matt Youell
Dave Storrs schrieb am 2001-04-27, 12:07:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Johan Vromans wrote:
>
> > Andy Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Starting with 'P' is useful so we can keep our acronyms such as PMC and
> >
> > PERIL (hi Tom!).
> >
> > -- Johan
>
> < ACCENT=ENGLISH>
>
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Johan Vromans wrote:
> Andy Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Starting with 'P' is useful so we can keep our acronyms such as PMC and
>
> PERIL (hi Tom!).
>
> -- Johan
< ACCENT=ENGLISH>
Please, can't I have just a little PERIL?
< /AC
Andy Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Starting with 'P' is useful so we can keep our acronyms such as PMC and
> PDD :-). It's just an internal code name, so it probably doesn't matter if
> it's taken for another purpose.
PERIL (hi Tom!).
-- Johan
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:17:08 -0500, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
>Wasn't Perl also taken, so why care...? I vaguely remember reading
>about another language called PERL...
It was "Pearl", AFAIK. That's why the "a" got missing. So I've been
told... ("Practical Extracting And Reporting Language"... y
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:11:01PM -0400, Andy Dougherty wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Dan Sugalski wrote:
>
> > The big reason for Parrot was that I was terribly amused by Simon's joke,
> > and I have visions of releasing perl 6.0 on April 1 next year... :)
> >
> > Other than that, I really do
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> The big reason for Parrot was that I was terribly amused by Simon's joke,
> and I have visions of releasing perl 6.0 on April 1 next year... :)
>
> Other than that, I really don't care much, though a good (or bad) pun is
> always a big plus.
Starting
> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DS> Other than that, I really don't care much, though a good (or bad)
DS> pun is always a big plus.
how about 'perm' which is 'perl'++
uri
--
Uri Guttman - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.sysarch.com
SYStems ARCH
At 03:46 PM 4/24/2001 -0400, NeonEdge wrote:
>Actually, there are already languages named 'Parrot' and 'Poly' (links
>below). Besides, I'm getting tired of animals . What about something
>more fun, like "Magoo" or "Gilligan"? Or maybe we could move to insects, like
>"Mantis" or "Wasp".
The bi
Actually, there are already languages named 'Parrot' and 'Poly' (links
below). Besides, I'm getting tired of animals . What about something
more fun, like "Magoo" or "Gilligan"? Or maybe we could move to insects, like
"Mantis" or "Wasp".
If we have to go with an animal, though, I like "Buzza
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> Or, rather, I think we should have one. Naming the interpreter separate
> from the language may help folks keep the various bits separate in their
> minds. (It'll certainly help me be clearer when I talk about it)
>
> Personally, I'm up for calling the i
At 12:35 PM 4/24/2001 -0300, Branden wrote:
>At 11:27 AM 24/04/2001 -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
>>Or, rather, I think we should have one. Naming the interpreter separate
>>from the language may help folks keep the various bits separate in their
>>minds. (It'll certainly help me be clearer when I
At 11:27 AM 24/04/2001 -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
>Or, rather, I think we should have one. Naming the interpreter separate
>from the language may help folks keep the various bits separate in their
>minds. (It'll certainly help me be clearer when I talk about it)
Actually, I think the language
Or, rather, I think we should have one. Naming the interpreter separate
from the language may help folks keep the various bits separate in their
minds. (It'll certainly help me be clearer when I talk about it)
Personally, I'm up for calling the interpreter "Parrot" unless someone has
an object
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