[LLVMdev] "Name that compiler"

Gabor Greif gabor at mac.com
Sat Apr 14 09:19:17 PDT 2007


Here is the patch as per newest rules:

[Gabor-Greifs-Computer:~/Documents] ggreif% diff -u Name.html.orig  
Name.html
--- Name.html.orig      2007-04-14 18:11:19.000000000 +0200
+++ Name.html   2007-04-14 18:10:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -298,12 +298,17 @@
        <td>Often refers to diamonds, but historically can mean
          any hard, "unbreakable" stone, metal or other substance.
      </td></tr>
-    <tr><td>Gabor Greif</td><th>Otimo</th><td>It is a Portuguese word,
+    <tr><td rowspan="2">Gabor Greif</td><th>Otimo</th><td>It is a  
Portuguese word,
          meaning optimal, perfect.  It is also different enough from  
plain English words
          to give a distinguished feel :-) and catch the eyes.  The  
domains
          otimo.org and otimo.info are both available.  Last, but not  
least
          it is a boon to the several LLVM developers of Portuguese
          tongue.</td></tr>
+    <tr><th><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
Lepton#Etymology">Lepton</a></th><td>Loosely
+      meaning light (featherweight) in Greek.  It is used in  
particle physics to refer to
+      very light particles (electrons, muons).<br/>
+      For me it also has the connotations of fastness and  
restlessness (in the LLVM sense
+      of post-compile optimization).</td></tr>
      <tr><td>Owen Anderson</td><th>Warloc<br/>
           <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlock">Warlock</a>
         </th><td>It can be thought
[Gabor-Greifs-Computer:~/Documents] ggreif%


Cheers,

	Gabor



Am 14.04.2007 um 17:41 schrieb Gabor Greif:

> Looks like people send many names in the contest,
> so shall I do too.
>
> I propose "Lepton", loosely meaning light (featherweight) in Greek.
> It is used in particle physics to refer to very light particles  
> (electrons, muons).
>
> For me it also has the connotations of fastness and
> restlessness (in the LLVM sense of post-compile
> optimization).
>
> See more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepton#Etymology
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	Gabor
>




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