Heh. That's great. And thanks for the link. Cheers, Daniel.
On 4 March 2014 15:42, Kristian Lein-Mathisen <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > There's an interview with > Felix<http://spin.atomicobject.com/2013/05/02/chicken-scheme-part-1/>that > might answer your question: > > *One last question: What inspired the names CHICKEN and SPOCK? Do they >> mean anything, aside from the bird and the well-known Star Trek character?* >> >> That question always comes up, sooner or later. ;-) >> >> I had a plastic toy of Feathers McGraw on my desk, the evil penguin >> (disguised as a chicken!) from the Wallace and Gromit movie, “The Wrong >> Trousers.” Looking for a preliminary working title for the compiler, I used >> the first thing that came to my mind that day. I’m somewhat superstitious >> about names for software projects, and things were progressing well, so I >> didn’t dare to change the name. >> > > K. > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Daniel Carrera <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Perhaps a silly question, but I'm curious. Why is Chicken Scheme called >> Chicken? >> >> Cheers, >> Daniel. >> -- >> When an engineer says that something can't be done, it's a code phrase >> that means it's not fun to do. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicken-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users >> >> > -- When an engineer says that something can't be done, it's a code phrase that means it's not fun to do.
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