Re: [Chicken-users] Origin of 'chicken' scheme.

[Bob McIsaac]

Andrew Bagdanov wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Bumming around the IRC channel, musing about wine, women and
> tarantulas, we started wondering about the origin and history of the
> name 'chicken' for Chicken Scheme.  Perhaps Felix can give us a
> history lesson?
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Andy
>
> P.S.  In the absence of factual information, wild theories about the
> origin of the name can -- and will -- suffice.
>
>   


------------------------  inquiring mind wanted to know ------------------
felix winkelmann wrote:
> On 8/27/05, Bob McIsaac <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>I searched everywhere but could not find the reason for the name
>>Chicken.  I suppose it is meant to be an offhand reference to
>>the call/cc URL but that seems a bit of a stretch.
>>
>>Inquiring minds want to know.
>>
>
>
> Hi, Bob!
>
> Well, it's pretty boring, really: when I started the project and
needed some
> name, the first thing that met my eyes was the "chicken" (actually a
disguised
> penguin) from the Wallace + Gromit movie...
>
> And then there is of course the evert occurring chicken-and-egg
problem with
> bootstrapped compilers.
>
> I hope this makes some sense. :-)
>
>
> cheers,
> felix
>