On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Daniel Bünzli <daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch> wrote:I could have used Sdl but I don't like to take ownership of toplevel names that are used in other settings.Admirable, but if you're defining a library that binds to a C library, I think it is reasonable to take that name. We rarely have multiple OCaml libraries that bind to the same C library. In this case, the library name could be sdl or ocaml-sdl (or sdl2 or ocaml-sdl2). I usually don't like adding "ocaml-" to library names because it is silly; of course it is an ocaml library. However, when binding to a C library, it makes some sense to distinguish between the OCaml and original C libraries.
It's not random ! It's short cryptic acronyms. Vector graphics, geometry and graphics…
> I don't like random single letters in names, which is also a problem in your Vg and Gg project names.
I misspoke. What I meant is: I don't like short cryptic acronyms. They appear random to me because I don't know what they mean.