G*L: Important Name Change

Tom Lord

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Nov 9, 1994, 6:22:13 PM11/9/94

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A while back, I started calling the language being built by the GNU Project
GEL. It turns out that GEL is a trademark of Sybase Inc. Therefore,
we must choose a new name. Please do not refer to the GNU language
as GEL.

My favorite proposed name, posted recently to comp.lang.scheme, is GUILE.
I like the name, because i think programmers should be encouraged to use
GUILE when writing programs. The name may change yet again; but for now,
please refer to the GNU language as GUILE.

-t

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Mikael Djurfeldt

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Nov 12, 1994, 2:31:34 PM11/12/94

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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lord <lo...@cygnus.com> writes:

Tom> A while back, I started calling the language being built by
Tom> the GNU Project GEL. It turns out that GEL is a trademark of
Tom> Sybase Inc. Therefore, we must choose a new name.

GEL was good since

1. it was short

2. it had an obvious meaning "GNU Extension Language"

3. its meaning as a word by itself was fairly suitable

What about GXL ("GNU eXtension Language")?

1 and 2 still holds.
3 can be regarded as compensated since XL is pronounced "excel".

Mikael D.

Ioi Kim Lam

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Nov 17, 1994, 6:46:57 AM11/17/94

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: : How about "Scheme"?
: : How about NPE for Not Partially Evaluatable?

: How about GLUE, You can make up the acronym, but the name is cute
: and roughly approximate of the function (Gnu LangUage for Extension)
: or some such.

How about GNL : GNL is Not a Language?

Ron Natalie

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Nov 16, 1994, 12:19:25 PM11/16/94

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Technically Sweet (thi...@netcom.com) wrote:
: How about "Scheme"?

: How about NPE for Not Partially Evaluatable?

How about GLUE, You can make up the acronym, but the name is cute
and roughly approximate of the function (Gnu LangUage for Extension)
or some such.

_Ron

Kardan Kaveh

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Nov 17, 1994, 8:51:15 AM11/17/94

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In article <thinmanC...@netcom.com> thi...@netcom.com (Technically Sweet) writes:
>How about "Scheme"?

Maybe not such a good idea if it complies with neither R4RS nor IEEE.

Anyway, the name is mainly a product name.

Kaveh

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Omar El-Ghazzawy

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Nov 17, 1994, 6:27:19 PM11/17/94

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In article <3affrh$r...@netnews.upenn.edu>,
Ioi Kim Lam <i...@blue.seas.upenn.edu> wrote:
=>: : How about "Scheme"?
=>: : How about NPE for Not Partially Evaluatable?
=>
=>: How about GLUE, You can make up the acronym, but the name is cute
=>: and roughly approximate of the function (Gnu LangUage for Extension)
=>: or some such.
=>
=>How about GNL : GNL is Not a Language?
=>

Good one! I second Ioi's proposal of GNL, until such time that it becomes
availble at which time an appropriate name might more appropriately be
decided 8^).

Darin Johnson

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Nov 18, 1994, 6:49:28 PM11/18/94

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Well, an acronym isn't needed at all. Much of the computer
industry is moving into using marketable names that have
nothing to do with the product - sort of like automobile
names. For instance, OpenView, Solaris, Quicken, etc.
Heck, even UNIX doesn't mean anything, except for being
a pun on Multics.

Of course, personally, I like acronyms, since they have
a bit more thought behind them, but puns or reasonably
accurate descriptive terms are ok ("Integra" not being
one of them).
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Technically Sweet

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Nov 15, 1994, 6:00:23 PM11/15/94

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How about "Scheme"?

How about NPE for Not Partially Evaluatable?

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