Edward Peschko writes:
: also - why does it have to be tied to perl (in name) at all?
Er, because we're writing it?
: I like the idea
: that it would *not* be tied to perl, ie: it would be more generic if it was
: not named after it.
Well, the fact that Tcl and Tk both start with T didn't stop people from
abstracting it away. I think that has little to do with the name, but with
how generally useful the platform is.
: How about 'prism' (ie: multiple languages from one underlying platform)?
Do a search for "prism" on Yahoo and then come back with a serious
suggestion. There's even a "Prism programming language" out there.
(And yes, I did do a search for "perk" before I suggested it.)
New-age-techie words like "prism" are an attractive nuisance, and
should be avoided if we want people to find our stuff.
Larry
