diff --git a/_posts/2014-08-01-name-has-been-found.md b/_posts/2014-08-01-name-has-been-found.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64fa87e --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2014-08-01-name-has-been-found.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +--- +layout: news +author: Torsten +--- + +It has been a bit of a journey, but now we have arrived: Salama is officially named. + +### Salama + +Salama is a **real word**, not made up or an acronym (plus). + +It is a word of my **home-country** Finland, a finnish word (double plus) + +Salama means **lightning** (or flash), and that is fast (double double plus) and bright. + +As some may have noticed in most places my nick is **dancinglightning**. Nice :-) + +Also **my wife** suggested it, so it always reminds me of her. + + +#### Journey + +I started with crystal, which i liked. It speaks of clarity. It is related to ruby. All was good. + +But I was not the first to have this thought: The name is taken, as i found out by +chance. Ary Borenszweig started the [project](http://crystal-lang.org/) already two +years ago and they not only have a working system, but even compile themselves. + +Alas, Ary started out with the idea of ruby on rockets (ie fast), but when the +dynamic aspects came (as they have for me a month ago), he went for speed, to be +precise for a static system, not for ruby. +So his crystal is now it's own language with ruby-ish style, but not semantics. + +That is why i had not found it. But when i did we talked, all was friendly, and we +agreed i would look for a new name. + +And so i did and many were taken. Kide (crystal in finish) was a step on the way, +as was ruby in ruby. And many candidates were explored and discarded, like broom +(basic ruby object oriented machine), or som (simple object machine), even ahimsa. + +#### Official + +But then i found it, or rather we did, as it was a suggestion from my wife: Salama. + +After i found the name i made sure to claim it: I published first versions of gems +for salama and sub-modules. They don't work off course, but at least the name is +taken in rubygems too. Off course the github name is too. + +So now i can get on with things at lightning speed :-)