How is this library name pronounced?

herumi / xbyak

A JIT assembler for x86/x64 architectures supporting MMX, SSE (1-4), AVX (1-2, 512), FPU, APX, and AVX10.2

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How is this library name pronounced? #116

Closed Kaned1as closed 3 years ago

Kaned1as commented 3 years ago

xbyak is a bit strange word, could you please add English pronunciation rules using International Phonetic Alphabet?

Trying to avoid SeQueL vs esSQueL issues in future.

kawakami-k commented 3 years ago

In the following link, Google translate pronounces Xbyak. https://translate.google.com/?hl=ja&sl=ja&tl=en&text=kaibyaku

Xbyak is based on a Japanese word written in kanji (Chinese characters). It meanings is "the beginning of the world", "exploring the unexplored", etc.

herumi commented 3 years ago

It's "kəi-bja-k" (I'm not sure the correct spelling by IPA). As @kawakami-k wrote, the origin of "xbyak" is a Japanese word 開闢.

Kaned1as commented 3 years ago

Thank you!