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From: lord@cygnus.com (Tom Lord)
Subject: G*L: Important Name Change
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A while back, I started calling the language being built by the GNU Project
GEL.  It turns out that GEL is a trademark of Sybase Inc.  Therefore,
we must choose a new name.  Please do not refer to the GNU language
as GEL.

My favorite proposed name, posted recently to comp.lang.scheme, is GUILE.
I like the name, because i think programmers should be encouraged to use
GUILE when writing programs.  The name may change yet again; but for now,
please refer to the GNU language as GUILE.

-t


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