* Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?
@ 2022-09-17 15:37 jgart
2022-09-17 18:01 ` Edouard Klein
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From: jgart @ 2022-09-17 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Guix Help
Hi,
What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?
all best,
jgart
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* Re: Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?
2022-09-17 15:37 Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for? jgart
@ 2022-09-17 18:01 ` Edouard Klein
2022-09-17 18:20 ` jgart
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From: Edouard Klein @ 2022-09-17 18:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jgart; +Cc: help-guix
My bet would be on "Guix" ?
jgart <jgart@dismail.de> writes:
> Hi,
>
> What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?
>
> all best,
>
> jgart
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* Re: Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?
2022-09-17 18:01 ` Edouard Klein
@ 2022-09-17 18:20 ` jgart
2022-09-18 15:11 ` jgart
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From: jgart @ 2022-09-17 18:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Edouard Klein; +Cc: help-guix
On Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:01:33 +0200 Edouard Klein <edou@rdklein.fr> wrote:
> My bet would be on "Guix" ?
Yes, maybe...
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* Re: Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?
2022-09-17 18:20 ` jgart
@ 2022-09-18 15:11 ` jgart
2022-09-26 8:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: jgart @ 2022-09-18 15:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: help-guix, Ludovic Court s
On Sat, 17 Sep 2022 13:20:01 -0500 jgart <jgart@dismail.de> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:01:33 +0200 Edouard Klein <edou@rdklein.fr> wrote:
> > My bet would be on "Guix" ?
>
> Yes, maybe...
Hi Ludo,
Hope all is well!
Does the G in G-Expressions stand for Guix?
Just wanted to confirm.
all best,
jgart
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* Re: Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?
2022-09-18 15:11 ` jgart
@ 2022-09-26 8:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-09-26 9:19 ` Ekaitz Zarraga
2022-09-26 15:31 ` (
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2022-09-26 8:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jgart; +Cc: help-guix
Hi!
jgart <jgart@dismail.de> skribis:
> Does the G in G-Expressions stand for Guix?
No, it stands for “G”, just like the “s” in “s-expression” stands for
nothing (AFAIK). :-)
Ludo’.
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* Re: Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?
2022-09-26 8:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2022-09-26 9:19 ` Ekaitz Zarraga
2022-09-26 11:00 ` zimoun
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From: Ekaitz Zarraga @ 2022-09-26 9:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: jgart, help-guix
> Hi!
>
> jgart jgart@dismail.de skribis:
>
> > Does the G in G-Expressions stand for Guix?
>
>
> No, it stands for “G”, just like the “s” in “s-expression” stands for
> nothing (AFAIK). :-)
>
> Ludo’.
In s-expression it doesn't stand for symbolic expression?
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2022-09-26 9:19 ` Ekaitz Zarraga
@ 2022-09-26 11:00 ` zimoun
2022-09-26 15:31 ` (
2022-10-03 21:11 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: zimoun @ 2022-09-26 11:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ekaitz Zarraga, Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: jgart, help-guix
Hi,
On lun., 26 sept. 2022 at 09:19, Ekaitz Zarraga <ekaitz@elenq.tech> wrote:
>> No, it stands for “G”, just like the “s” in “s-expression” stands for
>> nothing (AFAIK). :-)
> In s-expression it doesn't stand for symbolic expression?
It is what Wikipedia say: :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression
And the McCarthy’s article from 1960 uses this nomenclature.
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/recursive/node1.html
Cheers,
simon
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2022-09-26 9:19 ` Ekaitz Zarraga
2022-09-26 11:00 ` zimoun
@ 2022-09-26 15:31 ` (
2022-10-03 21:11 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: ( @ 2022-09-26 15:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ekaitz Zarraga, Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: jgart, help-guix
On Mon Sep 26, 2022 at 10:19 AM BST, Ekaitz Zarraga wrote:
> In s-expression it doesn't stand for symbolic expression?
Gah, beaten to it. :)
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2022-09-26 11:00 ` zimoun
2022-09-26 15:31 ` (
@ 2022-10-03 21:11 ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-10-04 18:37 ` (
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2022-10-03 21:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ekaitz Zarraga; +Cc: jgart, help-guix
Ekaitz Zarraga <ekaitz@elenq.tech> skribis:
>> Hi!
>>
>> jgart jgart@dismail.de skribis:
>>
>> > Does the G in G-Expressions stand for Guix?
>>
>>
>> No, it stands for “G”, just like the “s” in “s-expression” stands for
>> nothing (AFAIK). :-)
>>
>> Ludo’.
>
> In s-expression it doesn't stand for symbolic expression?
Ah well, “G” might stand for “golden” or “great” then. :-)
Ludo’.
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* Re: Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?
2022-09-26 8:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-09-26 9:19 ` Ekaitz Zarraga
@ 2022-09-26 15:31 ` (
2022-09-26 16:15 ` Sergiu Ivanov
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From: ( @ 2022-09-26 15:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ludovic Courtès, jgart; +Cc: help-guix
On Mon Sep 26, 2022 at 9:48 AM BST, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> No, it stands for “G”, just like the “s” in “s-expression” stands for
> nothing (AFAIK). :-)
Don't quote me on this, but i'm pretty sure it originally stood
for "symbolic" (so "symbolic expression").
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@ 2022-09-26 16:15 ` Sergiu Ivanov
2022-09-26 16:55 ` Felix Lechner via
2022-09-28 15:18 ` jgart
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From: Sergiu Ivanov @ 2022-09-26 16:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: (; +Cc: Ludovic Courtès, jgart, help-guix
"(" <paren@disroot.org> [2022-09-26T17:31:03+0200]:
> On Mon Sep 26, 2022 at 9:48 AM BST, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> No, it stands for “G”, just like the “s” in “s-expression” stands for
>> nothing (AFAIK). :-)
>
> Don't quote me on this, but i'm pretty sure it originally stood
> for "symbolic" (so "symbolic expression").
I know that Wikipedia is not a scientifically sound source, but:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression
and in particular:
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/recursive/recursive.html
John McCarthy, Recursive Functions of *Symbolic Expressions* and Their
Computation by Machine
Now, this shows a relationship, but doesn't show direction/causality:
maybe somebody just invented "symbolic" for s, after s-expressions were
introduced :D
--
Sergiu
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