[plt-dev] Re: `rico' and ".rkt"

From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 16 15:10:43 EST 2010

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz <jao at gnu.org> wrote:
> "Jos Koot" <jos.koot at telefonica.net> writes:
>
>> I suppose someone already made the connection with the Spanish word
>> rico', but nevertheless to be sure ...
>
> As you know, it means 'tasty' (in the concrete sense of having a good
> flavour), and is very often used when talking to children, or in ads. To
> my native speaker ears, 'rico compile' sounds a bit silly. Although you
> won't find a name that sounds nice in all languages, since some of the
> arguments accompanying the invocation will be English words, choosing a
> name that sounds like English would be, IMHO, a good thing.

Wait -- so "rico compile" means "delicious compile"? That's fantastic.

Robby


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