[Vm-dev] CoInterpreter naming curiosity

[Ben Coman]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Jun 10, 2016, at 2:19 AM, Ben Coman <btc at openinworld.com> wrote:
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>> Random curiosity,  why the name CoInterpreter and not CogInterpreter ?
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> I like puns, multiple meanings, word play (don't we all?).  Cog can be punned in many ways: the sense of a gear is perfect for a virtual machine, the Greek root for knowing/learning cogno-/cogni- perfect for a sophisticated virtual machine.  The CoInterpreter co-operates with the Cogit.  Welcome to the cognoscenti ;-)

cool. thx.
cheers -ben