Re: Name of the standard library

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

MSavoritias <email@msavoritias.me> writes:

>> I actually liked that name — and still like it. Keep in mind that being
>> professional quality doesn’t require being teflon-proof naming. Python
>> includes `import this` and `import antigravity`. Because exposing ones
>> humanity isn’t a problem.
>
> Just a note here, I am that newbie :)
>
> And guile is much easier than whatever inside joke "ice-9" is.
>
> And no I don't need to "prove" myself by going through learning
> whatever ice-9 is.

Maybe I'm just pathologically uncurious, but I just "learned" it as an
opaque name and moved on.

Many years later I read "Cat's Cradle", which was very enjoyable, but
did not do anything to teach me about "ice-9".  (It pushed me into a
short Vonnegut reading frenzy; would recommend.)  There really is
nothing to *learn* here.

> We should make it easier to learn guile over time. I strongly disagree
> forcing newbies to go through the same things we did just to make a
> point.

There are countless obstacles when learning Guile (whether you're coming
from some other programming language or if Guile is your first).  The
name "ice-9" really isn't one of them.

-- 
Ricardo