Comments on: Please help me choose a name for my project http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/ Adventures with Computers Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding By: Martin Geisler Online » Vote for your favorite name http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-121293 Martin Geisler Online » Vote for your favorite name Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:23:09 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-121293 <p>[...] people complained that my last post contained too much text… I’ll make this shorter [...]</p> [...] people complained that my last post contained too much text… I’ll make this shorter [...]

]]> By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-121031 Martin Geisler Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:30:35 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-121031 <p>I agree about including MPC in the name... that was also why I called the project <em>PySMPC</em> from the beginning. But then I discovered that "PySMPC" is quite annoying to pronounce, and I saw a discussion somewhere where people pointed out that choosing a name based on the language is the most boring thing to do... So that is why I started looking for a new name in the first place.</p> <p>A name such as "libmpc" is already used by something called <a href="http://musepack.net/" rel="nofollow">Musepack</a> (you will find lots of libmpc RPM packages around the net). I still feel that the name "MPC" is too general to be on its own, so maybe I should call it "Asynchronous MPC Library", with a package name of <code>asyncmpc</code>. Do you guys think that would work?</p> I agree about including MPC in the name… that was also why I called the project PySMPC from the beginning. But then I discovered that “PySMPC” is quite annoying to pronounce, and I saw a discussion somewhere where people pointed out that choosing a name based on the language is the most boring thing to do… So that is why I started looking for a new name in the first place.

A name such as “libmpc” is already used by something called Musepack (you will find lots of libmpc RPM packages around the net). I still feel that the name “MPC” is too general to be on its own, so maybe I should call it “Asynchronous MPC Library”, with a package name of asyncmpc. Do you guys think that would work?

]]> By: Tordr http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-121026 Tordr Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:07:35 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-121026 <p>You have to have a name that corresponds to the audience you want to reach. If you want to target people who know what MPC is, then include that in the name. On the other hand if you want to reach the average web developer you might avoid mentioning MPC to not scare them away.</p> <p>I agree with Chris that you should probably include MPC or SMPC in the name as your program will be targeted to people who already know MPC.</p> <p>I will try to make a Java version, as I am not a good Python programmer...</p> You have to have a name that corresponds to the audience you want to reach.
If you want to target people who know what MPC is, then include that in the name. On the other hand if you want to reach the average web developer you might avoid mentioning MPC to not scare them away.

I agree with Chris that you should probably include MPC or SMPC in the name as your program will be targeted to people who already know MPC.

I will try to make a Java version, as I am not a good Python programmer…

]]> By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-120473 Martin Geisler Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:07:03 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-120473 <p>Hi Chris, thanks for the suggestion!</p> <p>(S)MPC is what the library does, but I don't think it can stand alone as a name. Something like 'SMPC Library' or 'SMPC Framework' might be better. As a (Python) package name, then <code>smpc</code> works nicely, though.</p> Hi Chris, thanks for the suggestion!

(S)MPC is what the library does, but I don’t think it can stand alone as a name. Something like ‘SMPC Library’ or ‘SMPC Framework’ might be better. As a (Python) package name, then smpc works nicely, though.

]]> By: Chris http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-120369 Chris Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:35:43 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-120369 <p>stay clean and simple: SMPC: Secure Multi-Party Computation</p> stay clean and simple:
SMPC: Secure Multi-Party Computation

]]> By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-120347 Martin Geisler Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:53:35 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-120347 <p>Wow, peble is rather creative :-) The name "AntiTrust" is funny, it reminds me of the <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0218817/" rel="nofollow">movie</a> by the same name. But I think the connection to law is a bit confusing.</p> Wow, peble is rather creative :-) The name “AntiTrust” is funny, it reminds me of the movie by the same name. But I think the connection to law is a bit confusing.

]]> By: Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-120263 Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:33:58 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-120263 <p>peble: Python/Paranoid Economy Benchmarking Liability Elimination NoTrust/AntiTrust</p> peble: Python/Paranoid Economy Benchmarking Liability Elimination
NoTrust/AntiTrust

]]> By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-120128 Martin Geisler Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:04:10 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-120128 <p>Thanks, I like DTTP! It is to the point and looks okay in Python code: <code>from dttp.runtime import Runtime</code>. But Mikkel and Gert tell me that it sounds too similar to HTTP... Maybe I should simply call it HTTP: <em>Highly Trustable Third Party</em> to make the confusion complete :-)</p> Thanks, I like DTTP! It is to the point and looks okay in Python code: from dttp.runtime import Runtime. But Mikkel and Gert tell me that it sounds too similar to HTTP… Maybe I should simply call it HTTP: Highly Trustable Third Party to make the confusion complete :-)

]]> By: Tordr http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-119986 Tordr Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:39:49 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/please-help-me-choose-a-name-for-my-project/#comment-119986 <p>Name suggestion: Distributed TTP</p> Name suggestion: Distributed TTP

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