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2 points by kinleyd 4674 days ago | link | parent

Just a suggestion, though I'm not sure what work it will involve: fwiw, why don't you let Arc/Nu be the pure Arc version and lite-nu be the extended version. The name Arc/Nu better reflects the closeness to Arc itself.

Great job on the two - I enjoyed testing and writing them up on Arc Lang Wiki. : )



1 point by Pauan 4673 days ago | link

Because "lite" implies a lacking of something. I'm not entirely against changing the names, but simply swapping them won't work. Anybody have any suggestions for a name for the more "full featured" version of Nu?

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3 points by kinleyd 4673 days ago | link

A few wild ideas:

Extended Arc series: x-nu, x/nu ax-nu, ax/nu xa-nu, xa/nu xarc-nu, xarc/nu arcx-nu, arcx/nu

Others: a+-nu, a+/nu arc+-nu, arc+/nu

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2 points by rocketnia 4672 days ago | link

Gesundheit. ^_^ I think this arrangement might make it easier to compare your ideas:

     x-nu     x/nu
  
    xa-nu    xa/nu
    ax-nu    ax/nu
    a+-nu    a+/nu
  
  xarc-nu  xarc/nu
  arcx-nu  arcx/nu
  arc+-nu  arc+/nu
Of these, I think I like "xarc-nu" the best (or possibly "Xarc/Nu," for consistency with Arc/Nu), but I admit I find them all a bit confusing.

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2 points by kinleyd 4672 days ago | link

Thanks, Rocketnia. I had actually placed each pair on its own line with a carriage return, but the text editor kept removing it upon posting.

I came up with this list keeping Arc/Nu as the proposed name for the pure Arc implementation, and then was left with the '/Nu' slice as the only way to keep the product association. So that left only the Arc component to play with. My personal preference is ax/nu: a -> Arc and x -> extended. Ax/Nu also has the benefit of brevity, IMHO.

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1 point by akkartik 4672 days ago | link

Sounds like Xanadu.

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1 point by kinleyd 4673 days ago | link

I'll see if I can suggest a few names - have set my subconscious to search mode. :)

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