On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Richard Stallman wrote:
> The situation is completely different because C has never been the
> name of any specific compiler, only the name of the language. But
> since you mention it, maybe we should propose another name for Java--a
> name that won't be controlled by Sun. Maybe we should call it "Bali".
This was already done by some people that use names like "Kafe" and "Lava"
if my memory doesen't fails. Even LessTif is a pun too, like those "INE",
"FINE" and "JOVE" used for the Emacs-like editors. I remembber that some
time ago there was also a commercial product named "Mootif".
With so many names being used today, I'd propose something like "NAIVE",
for No Acronym Is Verbose Enough. :-)
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