On Feb 17, 9:03 am, Craig Andera <craig.and...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm up for suggestions on the name. The obvious ones:
>
> > - Clojure.net
> > - ClojureCLR
> > - IronClojure (paralleling IronPython/IronRuby, unless MS has Iron
> > trademarked.)
> > - CLjR (too cute)
>
> > Perhaps Rich will have a preference. He'll have to live with it
> > longer than anyone and has branding/confusion issues to keep in mind.
>
> So, as a long-time .NET guy, IronClojure seems like the best name, in
> terms of making it obvious what it does: it's like IronRuby/Python,
> but it's Clojure. Failing that, it seems like NClojure fits the
> pattern of other JVM-ported efforts. I realize that there's already an
> Enclojure.
>
> Just to throw more chaff into the air:
>
> * CoCLR: Clojure on the CLR. (Maybe pronounced cochlear?)
> * Coc: Same as above.
> * CoNET: Clojure on .NET.
> * Icon: An Implementation of Clojure on .NET.
There is an existing programming language named Icon, developed by
Ralph Griswold (the same guy who developed SNOBOL). Icon has been
around for decades, and is an interesting language in its own right.
> * Ichor: I can't think of an acronym here, but I want to. :)
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