[infinispan-dev] Names, names, names...

[Adrian Nistor]

Hi all,

So far we have: IQL, Ickle, QuIL, YAQL, LQID, INAQL, INQL, WTF, NSFW, 
KMFDM.

I do not like acronyms that are not straight forward. They should really 
be the initials of the simplest description of what the thing is. In 
this case the acceptable one would be : Infinispan Query Language => 
IQL. Unfortunately this seems to mean different things to different 
people. So let's forget about acronyms and go with ... *Ickle* 
[1][2][3], proposed by Tristan.

A very respectable bearded fellow once said: "There are only two hard 
things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." So 
let's use this as an excuse and dare to (maybe) settle on a less than 
perfect name :). At least it is a damn cute one.

Thanks Tristan for the name!
Cheers!


[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ickle
[2] http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ickle
[3] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ickle


On 10/28/2016 06:49 PM, Emmanuel Bernard wrote:
> I like Ickle and LQID personally. And Adrian is way too reasonable on a
> name thread ;)
>
> On Mon 16-10-17  9:07, Tristan Tarrant wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> something trivial and fun for a Monday morning.
>>
>> I've just issued a PR [1] to update the codename for Infinispan 9.0.
>>
>> And while we're at it, let's give a name to the new query language that
>> Adrian (and Emmanuel) have designed. We already have a number of
>> suggestions (which I summarize below) but please feel free to add your
>> own. Please vote.
>>
>> IQL (Infinispan Query Language, already used by others).
>> Ickle (Alternate pronunciation of above, also means "small")
>> LQID (Language for Querying Infinispan Datagrids)
>> QuIL ("Query Infinispan" Language)
>>
>> Tristan
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/infinispan/infinispan/pull/4617
>> -- 
>> Tristan Tarrant
>> Infinispan Lead
>> JBoss, a division of Red Hat
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