On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Vernon Cole <vernondc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Repeating my (minority) argument on this subject years ago:
>
> "IP" is generally used as the acronym for "Internet Protocol" and is so
> generally understood with that meaning, that re-use of that acronym for any
> other computer-related concept is fraught with misunderstanding.
>
> A more appropriate short form for IronPython would be: "IPy".
>

Except that is nearly exactly the form that IPython uses as their logo [1].
Maybe IronPy (or IronPython) is short enough. Some James's don't want to be
called "Jim" :)

-Doug

[1] - http://ipython.org/



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> Vernon Cole
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>
> On 25/07/14 00:54, Slide wrote:
>
>> Just so you are aware FePy was the name of a side project that was a set
>> of enhancements to IronPython. If you are looking for a shorter form of
>> IronPython, IP is generally the best way to go so there is no confusion.
>>
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