On 7/13/07, MenTaLguY <mental / rydia.net> wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:05:27 +0900, "Gregory Brown" <gregory.t.brown / gmail.com> wrote: > > In an attempt to wring some on-topic from what's become a very strange > thread, :))) >I think this illustrates a principle which is important when > choosing a project name: > > If you elect to allude to something obscure in your name, does the > name still work if people don't get the reference? Are there other > references it could be mistaken for? Are people likely to be confused > or offended if they don't get the reference? > Well maybe a little pun is in order -- if it works I am not sure. "Better use talking names than calling names" -- optionally one could put a comma somewhere ;) Cheers Robert > -mental > > > -- I always knew that one day Smalltalk would replace Java. I just didn't know it would be called Ruby -- Kent Beck