> Howdy, > > On Mon 21 Mar 2011 00:16, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > > > Andy Wingo <wi...@pobox.com> writes: > > > >> "Guido, compile my-file.scm." > > > > Is the pun[*] intended? :-) > > OK, point taken. Too bad though! > > I have another proposal, but first I want to elaborate on why I think > guile-tools is a silly name. > > First of all it's not a good noun. I don't know how to capitalize it, > for example. Guile-Tools ? Too camel-casey. Guile-tools ? It's long > and slanted, like a boat launching ramp. guile-tools ? But then it > doesn't look like the start of a sentence. > > Also, how do you feel when you say "guile-tools compile foo.scm" ? I > kinda feel like a tool! Its clunkiness makes me feel clunky. Not good! > > These difficulties have real repercussions. A clunky name leads us to > avoid mentioning the thing, which isn't good either for the tool itself > or for peoples' awareness of the tool. > > Names are important, is what I'm saying. > > So! My new proposal is "guild". > > guild update > guild compile foo.scm > guild install fmt >
My girl friend think "guile-tool" could be abbreviate to "guil+t"=guilt...just joking, I don't think that's a proper name...hope not enraging somebody. :-) -- GNU Powered it GPL Protected it GOD Blessed it HFG - NalaGinrut --hacker key-- v4sw7CUSMhw6ln6pr8OSFck4ma9u8MLSOFw3WDXGm7g/l8Li6e7t4TNGSb8AGORTDLMen6g6RASZOGCHPa28s1MIr4p-x hackerkey.com ---end key---
