From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,9965efbd6df4a17a,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-07 16:50:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newshub.northeast.verio.net!verio!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!spool01.syd.optusnet.com.au!spool.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail From: faust Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp Subject: Remarketing the language ( was Re: ....ADA ? One silly idea..) Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 11:46:42 -0800 Organization: Cthulhu Fthagn Reply-To: The Elder Gods Message-ID: References: <3E147D79.2070703@cogeco.ca> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.49.81.163 X-Trace: 1041986825 27998 210.49.81.163 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32714 comp.lang.lisp:50041 Date: 2003-01-08T11:46:42-08:00 List-Id: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" , emitted these fragments: >Maybe what needs to be done is to form a brand new committee, to design >a spashy new language that basically implements the same features, with >similar syntax (but not too obviously). Arc is trying that now. Paul Graham is redesigning lisp . >Then give it a splashy new name >after a popular young female (no programmer experience required), and >call it something like "Shania". >From a brief search on google ( I must apologize for my shocking ignorance of celebrities, female or male ) "Echo and the Bunnymen" and "Dusty Vladimir Horowitz " sound like excellent candidates :-) -- natsu-gusa ya / tsuwamono-domo-ga / yume no ato summer grasses / strong ones / dreams site Summer grasses, All that remains Of soldier's dreams (Basho trans. Stryk)