[sage-devel] Re: syrex

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:43:06 -0800

pyrecs? pyreks?

psyrex?

(where the s is for SAGE).

Of course this would mean that we would call pyrexc pyrecsc or pyreksc which is sort of incomprehensible. This also has the disadvantage of being a homonym with pyrex. I'm trying to think of a glassware-related pun that would be appropriate...

On 11/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:

pyrage
sagerex
sageX
SAGeXtremelyFastExtensionLanguageScript
hypersage

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, David Harvey wrote:

>
>
> On Nov 3, 2006, at 2:51 PM, William Stein wrote:
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>> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:42:29 -0800, alex clemesha < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I vote for Spyrex too, not syrex ... that sounds like some medical
>>> device :)
>>
>> Robert Bradshaw pointed out that Spyrex sounds like *spyware*!   Also,
>> when I say "syrex", I might spit on somebody.  Maybe an entirely
>> different
>> name would be a good idea, though.  The purpose of the program is
>> to make it easier to write fast extension code for SAGE.   Any ideas
>> for a name that captures that?
>
> I prefer that the name indicates that it's derived from Pyrex.
> Otherwise no fair to the author.
>
> Maybe just sage-pyrex.
> S-Pyrex.
> Pyrex-S.
> Expyre.
>
> I dunno.
>
> David
>
>
> >
>




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