Re: [Caml-list] What is the meaning behind the "labl" prefix?

[Jun Furuse <jun.furuse@gmail.com>]

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The first "labl" implmentation was done by me, labl-light, an extnsion of
caml-light with labeled argumnts for my master thesis. I named it labl with
serious respct to Caml community. Not a joke. The real silly part is that
the implmentation was lost due to a hard driv crash.

Jun Furus
On Aug 22, 2012 5:28 AM, "Anthony Tavener" <anthony.tavener@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ah! Okay, I guess I should have realized... just how I pronounce it
> anyway: Label.
>
> Well, thanks. One less mystery in my world. :)
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Gerd Stolpmann <info@gerd-stolpmann.de>wrote:
>
>> Am 21.08.2012 23:10:56 schrieb(en) Anthony Tavener:
>>
>>  I've sometimes wondered this... but where does "Labl" come from in
>>> LablGL/TK/GTK and now Lablwebkit?
>>>
>>> OCaml bindings to libraries... but I'm not sure how to come to that
>>> prefix,
>>> even invoking my limited French. Maybe it's obvious, but I've failed to
>>> see
>>> it. Any hints? :)
>>>
>>
>> Labl is from "label" in the same way as caml is from "camel"... This is
>> just a silly joke. The Labl* libraries were the first using labeled
>> arguments, and were origally written for a branch of ocaml implementing
>> these labels for the first time, called "Objective Labl". This branch was
>> later merged with trunk.
>>
>> Gerd
>>
>> PS. Of course, caml is an acronym and has nothing to do with camels.
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