[LLVMdev] "Name that compiler"

[Duncan Sands]

> Along these lines, is there any mythical characters or historical persons which are associated with translation (which 
> is the primary role of a compiler framework)? I can only think of 'Babel', but I'm sure there must be some other 
> possibilities...

There's always Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god attributed with the
invention of writing.

Talking of history, we could call LLVM the "Analytical Engine", AE for short.

Ciao,

Duncan.