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On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 06:50:35PM +0100, sebastian.egner@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: [snip] > Ad 4) > > To keep the matter short: I have decided to change the name of > the game into CUT. I am very glad to hear this. > Cut as in "section", and c.u.t. as in "curry upon > this", > "can use this", "curry under the hood (or not)?", etc. ;-) > > I am still not so much impressed by the arguments and the polemic > for or against the names. However, the style of the discussion shows > me that the SRFI can benefit from a different name. As has been pointed out to me by some kind person in private e-mail, my style of discussion was poor. I apologise for that. Nevertheless, I think the name curry was controversial (not just by me) and I am extremely glad it has been changed. > During some > conceptual blockbusting on that I felt that shortening the name > might still be a good idea (as proposed several times) and from > CWIC it was led to CUT. > > It is difficult for me to pull myself together not to become cynical > about the name discussion, but I will continue to listen to everything > that is said in the discussion forum. So please tell me what you think > about it. I have already given up hope for universal popularity, so > never mind speaking up :-) You *do* know what `cut' means in Prolog, don't you? ;-) [Ducks and runs.] Greetings, Stephan