[Chicken-users] Why is it called Chicken?

2014-03-04 Thread Daniel Carrera
Perhaps a silly question, but I'm curious. Why is Chicken Scheme called Chicken? Cheers, Daniel. -- When an engineer says that something can't be done, it's a code phrase that means it's not fun to do. ___ Chicken-users mailing list

Re: [Chicken-users] Why is it called Chicken?

2014-03-04 Thread Kristian Lein-Mathisen
Hi Daniel, There's an interview with Felixhttp://spin.atomicobject.com/2013/05/02/chicken-scheme-part-1/that might answer your question: *One last question: What inspired the names CHICKEN and SPOCK? Do they mean anything, aside from the bird and the well-known Star Trek character?* That

Re: [Chicken-users] Why is it called Chicken?

2014-03-04 Thread Daniel Carrera
Heh. That's great. And thanks for the link. Cheers, Daniel. On 4 March 2014 15:42, Kristian Lein-Mathisen kristianl...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Daniel, There's an interview with Felixhttp://spin.atomicobject.com/2013/05/02/chicken-scheme-part-1/that might answer your question: *One last