Andrew Bagdanov wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Bumming around the IRC channel, musing about wine, women and > tarantulas, we started wondering about the origin and history of the > name 'chicken' for Chicken Scheme. Perhaps Felix can give us a > history lesson? > > Cheers, > > -Andy > > P.S. In the absence of factual information, wild theories about the > origin of the name can -- and will -- suffice. > >
------------------------ inquiring mind wanted to know ------------------ felix winkelmann wrote: > On 8/27/05, Bob McIsaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I searched everywhere but could not find the reason for the name >>Chicken. I suppose it is meant to be an offhand reference to >>the call/cc URL but that seems a bit of a stretch. >> >>Inquiring minds want to know. >> > > > Hi, Bob! > > Well, it's pretty boring, really: when I started the project and needed some > name, the first thing that met my eyes was the "chicken" (actually a disguised > penguin) from the Wallace + Gromit movie... > > And then there is of course the evert occurring chicken-and-egg problem with > bootstrapped compilers. > > I hope this makes some sense. :-) > > > cheers, > felix > _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
