From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:03:21 +0000 From: Michael Dingler Message-ID: <39563128.462B2D3A@mindless.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200006251157.HAA19732@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] SO for plan9? Topicbox-Message-UUID: ca0a3f34-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > i had recently wondered why, in the computing world, names that > really ought to refer to rather nimble little things -- elf, dwarf and gnome, > for instance -- almost invariably refer to overly large, complex, overblown > things (that were large to begin with). what must their designers' gardens > look like? Oh, was this paragraph meant as a troll? SCNR And to be honest, dwarfs and gnomes were quite small in most folkloristic traditions, but often misshapen. So the relationship might still be there. BTW, what naming tradition would be suitable for Plan 9? There aren't that many puns on Ed Wood movies. General alien stuff? Men's names ('sam'). Cartoon references? ("Acme"). Or starting everything with "P"? (Can't wait for the Plan9 Email Explorer) ...Michael... (rumpelstiltskin already in use?)