Hi, Like Jari and others I do not see the name as disrespectful and it is unrealistic to believe that the loc/ID speration protocol can be renamed. It has been around for more than 5 years it is just too late.
On the other hand, the name can be considered an homage by itself. Luigi Iannone On Oct 28, 2011, at 09:07 , Hector wrote: > Jari Arkko wrote: >> First, as someone who chartered the working group, who has implemented Lisp >> (the programming language) at least four times, and who views Dr. McCarthy >> as a hero I disagree that name is problematic or disrespectful. And I almost >> take offense in the claim that this is a generational thing. > > Well you shouldn't and my apology for stated that. I was informed off list it > was an intentional tribute to the language. It was just one of those things > where you saw something that caught your eye and only as a passing thought, > "don't these people know its a well known acronym?" I think I saw there was > some relationship, but thought about the long run usage of "LISP" in > reference to this work might be confusing. In other words, should people > refer to this work as LISP? Its rhetorical. > > I'm out. > > -- > HLS > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
