Possible language rename

[vi013t]

The name "Cabin" was a sort of quick band-aid answer to needing a name for this language. I wanted something that expressed what Cabin is — simple, cozy, and unbothered programming. Many aspects of creating the project required me to have some kind of name — the crate name, some traits/documentation in the code itself, a repository name, etc. So, as a maybe-permanent-but-probably-not response to these needs, I came up with Cabin, a word I felt expressed that simple and cozy vibe I was looking for.

However, at some point we should consider how permanent of a name this is. Do we want to stick with Cabin? Should we name it something else? Here are some relevant points to consider:

• I prefer the name to be a distinct concrete object. Names that are purely conceptual can be cool, but it makes it really hard to do a lot of the branding aspects like website design, logos, file icons, etc.
• I prefer the name to be short. Ideally 5 characters or less, because if possible it'd be nice to make the file extensions for the language equivalent to the entire name. This can help unfamiliar eyes recognize the language from the file extension. For example, people that've heard of Java but never used it can recognize that a .java file is a Java file, but the same might not be true for a .jv file.
• I still want the name to convey what Cabin is all about. Simple, cozy, unbothered programming that just works. "Cabin" does a good job at this, and I wonder what other short and simple words can convey this same feeling.

Overall, the name of the language might stay as Cabin, but it might not. This issue is necessary to open a space for discussion, ideas, and honing on a new name, or confidence that "Cabin" is the right choice. Either way, I wanted to bring this up because I did not choose "Cabin" with the intention of it being necessarily permanent, and now it has spread so far across the codebase and various projects that it's easy to not realize that.

[vi013t]

A sort of sub-issue to this issue is file extensions. If the language name were to remain "Cabin", what should the file extension be for the language? The two most obvious ideas that jump out to me here are .cbn files and .cabin files. .cabin has the advantage that it's easily recognizable (as discussed above as a big plus), but it's a bit long compared to .cbn. Once we decide on a name, if we decide on Cabin, this should be considered.