Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: creating a new language Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:58:56 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <6555abbf-4d7a-480c-9c56-39edc3dc0188@googlegroups.com> <51f05a34$0$290$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <51f1b8f0$0$303$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:58:56 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e5160e2be48f1ea550cf61512446f525"; logging-data="20797"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/7TK63rCd0hFRjfzpWKMOJ8WqHqIe84h4=" User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:EgXhm/CoMh91dWf+Cz+vd7FLoP0= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:24961 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 |