[Gd-hackers] Names

[Daniel Brockman]

Chris Page <chris at chris-page.org> writes:

> Harlequin Dylan:
>
>    Quine Dylan
>
>    - A pun, referring to Harlequin ("quin"), to the fact that the  
> implementation was bootstrapped in Dylan, and also could (roughly) be  
> considered a command to build Dylan implementations and other  
> software in Dylan.

Oh my god, yes!!  I want to change my vote to this.
Please, can I change my vote to this?  It's perfect!

> The Group:
>
>    make(<dylan>)
>
>    - If not the literal name of the group, I think it makes a great  
> slogan. It could alternatively be spelled "Make Dylan", using "make 
> (<dylan>)" only as a slogan or icon. An alternative name that still  
> works with this is "Dylan Makers". An accompanying domain name could  
> be "make-dylan.org".

I like it as a slogan, but I don't like "Dylan Makers" as a name.

>    Open Dylan Project
>
>    - Fairly bland and descriptive, but I like that it contains "Open  
> Dylan" and works with the existing opendylan.org domain, which I  
> think is a good name, just too generic for a specific implementation.

I agree.  I change my vote to this (I said "Open Dylan Group" before,
but the word "Group" makes it sound like some financial conglomerate).

Those are my new $.02.

-- 
Daniel Brockman <daniel at brockman.se>