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

[Russell Haley <russ.haley@...>]

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Soni "They/Them" L. <fakedme@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 2018-01-18 10:42 PM, Russell Haley wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com>
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>>> Sorry for the top post,
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>>> 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)
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>>> 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.
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>>> :D
>>> Russ
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>> Bog-standard Lua. Nope, but the acronym makes me giggle.
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>> "No Compiler Lua"? NC-Lua? hmmmm....
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>> Lua Without Compilers? Push Button Lua? Complete Off the Shelf Lua (COTS
>> Lua).
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>> I like Push Button Lua.
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>> 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.
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> Machine Lua?
Thanks Soni.

The name occurred to me on the way home. I'm going to go "all in Canadian".

Portage:
2. The carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland from one navigable
water to another.

https://github.com/Portage-Lua

Cheers,

Russ
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>> Russ
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>>> 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).
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>>> 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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