[pypy-dev] Seeking Minimal Python Project Name

Kendall Grant Clark kendall at monkeyfist.com
Mon Jan 13 21:26:23 CET 2003


>>>>> "damien" == damien morton <dmorton at bitfurnace.com> writes:

  damien> I think Minimal is a misnomer. The goal I think, could rather be
  damien> described as Self-Hosting Python.

  damien> Some ideas:

  damien> PyPy Python(Python) Python(self)

I agree, re: Minimal -- many of the well-wishers have taken the project to
be about building a small & embedded systems version of Python.

My name suggestions, playing on the importance of "self" in Python and the
self-hosting idea:

SoiPy
Soi
Poi (i.e., Soi + Py)

Best,
Kendall Clark
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