[Mono-list] new name for the language and compiler

[Mike Kestner]

On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 07:16, Michael Poole wrote:

> Let's not turn this into a long thread.

On the contrary, I think we've finally found a topic worthy of extended
debate.

>   The ECMA C# standard says
> (chapter 6, "Acronyms and abbreviations"):
> 
>   The name C# is pronounced "C Sharp."

Well sure, if you believe that the ECMA carries any weight on the
subject.

> The pronunciation is standardized; if you personally want to call it
> "C Octothorpe,"

Let's not get inflammatory.  Octothorpe is just rediculous.  Who on
earth would want to pronounce all those syllables?

I personally think the compiler should be renamed to:

muchacho - Mono Utility for C Hash Assembly Compilation Handling and
Optimization.

-- 
Mike Kestner <mkestner@speakeasy.net>