Re: Bob for embedded systems.

["David Betz" <address@hidden>]

Actually, my "Bob" language was named after the Bill Murray movie "What
about Bob?" that came out around the same time as my first Dr. Dobbs article
on Bob. I hadn't named the language yet and the magazine was about to go to
press. The editor called to force me to come up with a name and I said "what
about Bob?" quoting the name of the movie I had just seen. That's how it got
its name.

"israel r t" <israelrt@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 16:17:24 -0600, sashank.varma@vanderbilt.edu
> (Sashank Varma) wrote:
>
> >There is an interesting article by David Betz (author of XLisp and
> >>XScheme ) on Bob a language for embedded systems at
> >>http://www.ddjembedded.com/resources/articles/2002/0202g/0202g.htm
> >
> >What an unfortunate name.  .
>
> I think that it is a pun on Dylan