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| From | Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: creating a new language |
| Date | 2013-08-13 23:58 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <kueh7v$k9t$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:46:56 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: > On 7/25/2013 4:01 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:51:25 +0200, Joerg Meier wrote: >>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:54:30 -0400, Eric Sosman wrote: >>>> On 7/24/2013 6:50 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>>>> On 7/24/2013 4:24 AM, Roedy Green wrote: >>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:06:24 -0700 (PDT), mcheung63@gmail.com >>>>>> wrote, >>>>>> quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >>>>>>> creating a new language, i want to call it Titan. >>>>>> It is easy to pronounce, but it already has two meanings -- the >>>>>> moon and the giants of Greek mythology. It might also get confused >>>>>> with Titian the artist. >>> >>>>>> For google, you want a unique spelling. >>>>> So Java is doomed because there is an island with that name. >>> >>>>> And C# is doomed because that is used in music. >>> >>>>> I don't think so. >>>> He could try "hiybbprqag" ... >>> >>> How about T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM ? >>> >> I was going to suggest Yggdrasl but it has a number of other uses >> already. >> OTOH Beta-2 is pretty much unambiguous despite its SF antecedents. > > Given http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BETA then I would say that name would > be confusing. > ...which is why I mentioned "Beta-2" rather than plain beta - its not in your disambiguation page, though "The Ballad of Beta-2" probably should be since it has its own page. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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creating a new language mcheung63@gmail.com - 2013-07-20 22:06 -0700
Re: creating a new language "Keith D. Lee" <keithdlee2012@gmail.com> - 2013-07-21 10:31 +0000
Re: creating a new language mcheung63@gmail.com - 2013-07-22 02:33 -0700
Re: creating a new language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-07-21 09:27 -0400
Re: creating a new language mcheung63@gmail.com - 2013-07-22 02:34 -0700
Re: creating a new language Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-07-22 11:42 +0200
Re: creating a new language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-07-22 21:51 -0400
Re: creating a new language Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-07-23 09:06 +0200
Re: creating a new language Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2013-07-23 14:36 -0700
Re: creating a new language Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-07-24 00:57 +0200
Re: creating a new language Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-07-24 01:05 +0200
Re: creating a new language Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-07-24 13:00 +0200
Re: creating a new language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-07-24 18:49 -0400
Re: creating a new language Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-07-25 04:54 +0200
Re: creating a new language Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-07-25 04:57 +0200
Re: creating a new language Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-07-24 22:01 -0700
Re: creating a new language Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-07-25 08:16 +0200
Re: creating a new language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-07-25 19:44 -0400
Re: creating a new language Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-07-26 10:22 +0200
Re: creating a new language Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-07-26 10:38 +0200
Re: creating a new language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-08-02 22:21 -0400
Re: creating a new language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-08-02 22:19 -0400
Re: creating a new language Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-07-26 12:53 +0200
Re: creating a new language Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-07-26 19:32 -0300
Re: creating a new language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-08-02 22:26 -0400
Re: creating a new language Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-08-14 14:34 +0000
Re: creating a new language Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-08-14 11:20 -0400
Re: creating a new language Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-07-24 01:24 -0700
Re: creating a new language Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-07-24 13:03 +0200
Re: creating a new language Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-07-24 19:47 +0000
Re: creating a new language Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-07-24 15:10 -0700
Re: creating a new language Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-07-24 16:47 -0700
Re: creating a new language Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-07-24 16:55 -0700
Re: creating a new language Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-07-25 12:03 +0200
Re: creating a new language Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-07-25 17:43 -0300
Re: creating a new language Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-07-25 22:53 +0200
Re: creating a new language Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-07-25 17:30 -0400
Re: creating a new language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-07-25 19:47 -0400
Re: creating a new language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-07-24 18:50 -0400
Re: creating a new language Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-07-24 20:54 -0400
Re: creating a new language Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-07-25 11:51 +0200
Re: creating a new language Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-07-25 20:01 +0000
Re: creating a new language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-07-25 19:46 -0400
Re: creating a new language Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-08-13 23:58 +0000
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