Re: Name for Windows Binary Project. Was: Re: [ANN] https://github.com/PUC-Lua

["Soni \"They/Them\" L." <fakedme@...>]

On 2018-01-18 10:42 PM, Russell Haley wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry for the top post,
> >
> > Apologies, Roberto, you have said that before and in my excitement I had forgotten. ‎That, or being Catholic myself I have learned it is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. (just kidding, I totally forgot)
> >
> > All jokes aside, I am now soliciting name suggestions as Drop-N-Go Lua sounds tacky and that's the only other thing I can come up with.
> >
> > :D
> > Russ
> Bog-standard Lua. Nope, but the acronym makes me giggle.
>
> "No Compiler Lua"? NC-Lua? hmmmm....
>
> Lua Without Compilers? Push Button Lua? Complete Off the Shelf Lua (COTS Lua).
>
> I like Push Button Lua.
>
> Thoughts anyone? Unfortunately I know only one spoken language and
> don't read enough literature. I'm amenable to historic references or
> fables from any culture.

Machine Lua?

> Russ
>
> > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Virgin Mobile network.
> >    Original Message
> > From: Roberto Ierusalimschy
> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 12:42 PM
> > To: Lua mailing list
> > Reply To: Lua mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [ANN] https://github.com/PUC-Lua
> >
> > > Side note: the Pope might have issues with the project name (PUC being
> > > the Pontifical Catholic University, you know — several universities in
> > > Brazil and other countries carry that name).
> > We (the Lua team, not the Pope) certainly have issues with this name.
> > Although we do not like, several people use the term "PUC Lua" to refer
> > to our distribution (as opposed to, say, LuaJIT). And the problem with
> > the University is quite real, too. Please do not use PUC in your project
> > name.
> >
> > -- Roberto

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