Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-13 Thread nick
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-07 Thread Joe McMahon
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.

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-07 Thread John Porter
da Du ron ron ron -- John Porter

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-06 Thread Dan Brian
> > 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. ;

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-06 Thread Jarkko Hietaniemi
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-06 Thread Peter Scott
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-06 Thread Dan Brian
> 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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-06 Thread Michael G Schwern
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-06 Thread Peter Scott
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-06 Thread Dan Sugalski
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) > > >

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-06 Thread Jarkko Hietaniemi
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-06 Thread Jarkko Hietaniemi
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.

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-06 Thread Dan Brian
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-05 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-04 Thread Edward Peschko
> : 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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-04 Thread Matt Youell
Has anyone suggested "Oyster", or is that too obvious? __ Matt Youell - "Think different, just like everyone else." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.youell.com/matt/

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-04 Thread Larry Wall
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-04 Thread Edward Peschko
> 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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-04 Thread Michael G Schwern
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-03 Thread Brad Hughes
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-03 Thread Casey West
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-03 Thread Larry Wall
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-03 Thread Edward Peschko
> : (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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-02 Thread Matt Youell
> 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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-05-02 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
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> >

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-27 Thread Dave Storrs
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-25 Thread Johan Vromans
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-24 Thread Bart Lateur
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-24 Thread Jarkko Hietaniemi
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

RE: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-24 Thread Andy Dougherty
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-24 Thread Uri Guttman
> "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

RE: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-24 Thread Dan Sugalski
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

RE: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-24 Thread NeonEdge
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-24 Thread Mike Stok
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-24 Thread Dan Sugalski
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

Re: So, we need a code name...

2001-04-24 Thread Branden
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

So, we need a code name...

2001-04-24 Thread Dan Sugalski
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