Re: [Chicken-users] Why is it called "Chicken"?

[Kristian Lein-Mathisen]

Hi Daniel,

There's an interview with Felix that might answer your question:

One last question: What inspired the names CHICKEN and SPOCK? Do they mean anything, aside from the bird and the well-known Star Trek character?

That question always comes up, sooner or later. ;-)

I had a plastic toy of Feathers McGraw on my desk, the evil penguin (disguised as a chicken!) from the Wallace and Gromit movie, “The Wrong Trousers.” Looking for a preliminary working title for the compiler, I used the first thing that came to my mind that day. I’m somewhat superstitious about names for software projects, and things were progressing well, so I didn’t dare to change the name.

K.

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Daniel Carrera <address@hidden> wrote:

Perhaps a silly question, but I'm curious. Why is Chicken Scheme called Chicken?

Cheers,

Daniel.

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