Actually, there was an Oak tree outside the window at Sun that the developer's used to enjoy looking at while at work.
On Friday 21 November 2003 03:49 pm, Pike wrote: > > Well... actually the geek that thought up Java named it "Oak". > > now ... THAT is a cool name. Oh, I can see what that means > immediately. The core language is just a stem. But all the > twigs and branches are just as much part of the same tree. The > tree would be nothing without them. > > >> This is the kind of > >> complex thinking that brought us product names like javabeans, kaffe, > >> hotjava, espresso, etc... > > branches, leaves, and nuts, and bark, and roots ... hm... MUCH better > > hm, > 8<----pike > ========== > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ben Souther F.W. Davison & Company, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
