<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 19:49, Benjamin L. Russell <<a href="mailto:DekuDekuplex@yahoo.com">DekuDekuplex@yahoo.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> "Paulo J. Matos" <<a href="mailto:pocmatos@gmail.com">pocmatos@gmail.com</a>> writes: <div class="im"> > On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 13:44 -0400, Skeptic . wrote: >> >> Please tell me this is some kind of bad joke : <a href="http://www.plt-racket.org/" target="_blank">http://www.plt-racket.org/</a> ! > > I actually find it a good idea. You should read: > <a href="http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-dev/2010-February/002233.html" target="_blank">http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-dev/2010-February/002233.html</a> </div>>From "Racket (formerly PLT Scheme)" (see <a href="http://www.plt-racket.org/new-name.html" target="_blank">http://www.plt-racket.org/new-name.html</a>): > The name Racket meets some basic criteria: > it isn’t used already, it’s easy to pronounce and spell, and it has a > vague connection to the word “scheme.” Mostly, though, we just like > it. However, according to Merriam-Webster Online (see <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racket" target="_blank">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racket</a>): </blockquote><div> "1 : a lightweight implement that consists of a netting (as of nylon) stretched in a usually oval open frame with a handle[...]" Lightweigth implement: that makes perfect sense wrt to scheme core language Some worries though: - Will frame%s be oval now? - Will we have access to mentioned handle? - Will PLaneT be renamed "nylon"? Laurent </div></div>P.S. : I personally don't like much the Racket name, especially when I think about talking about it in front of students, but I suppose that's a bit late... Maybe I'll get used to it.