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0x0f0f0f / gobba

A purely functional dynamically typed programming language.
https://0x0f0f0f.github.io/gobba-book/
MIT License
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Should the language name be changed to something else? #15

Closed 0x0f0f0f closed 4 years ago

0x0f0f0f commented 4 years ago

minicaml is no longer mini at ~2.1k lines of code, and while it still has a lot in common with OCaml, the syntax has diverged and the name minicaml may be misleading for newcomers. I thought about gobba (camel hump in Italian) name with a .gob extension for language files. Let me know if you have any other ideas for a project name (or if you like the current name).

tekknolagi commented 4 years ago

I propose Dromedarius (from the scientific name for camel, "Camelus Dromedarius").

Stupremee commented 4 years ago

I think Dromedarius is too long but you can shorten it to drom

kleinesfilmroellchen commented 4 years ago

MALC: MALC Ain't Like Caml. Because recursive acronyms (see YAML or PHP)

tekknolagi commented 4 years ago

Well it looks like it's now called gobba :P

0x0f0f0f commented 4 years ago

I've made a poll on various telegram groups and the 29% of 66 people chose gobba! The other 2 most popular were guanaco at 16% and dromedarious at 9%. Thank you for the ideas btw!