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I see how they went from Alexa to Lex, but does anybody else think the only time they've ever heard of Lex is Lex Luther? Is it a great idea to name a product a
by pedalpete 10y ago
I see how they went from Alexa to Lex, but does anybody else think the only time they've ever heard of Lex is Lex Luther? Is it a great idea to name a product aimed at developers which is boardering in the AI space after Superman's nemesis?
I'm not going to forget it as a name. Thoughts?
- nickmorri 10y agoI'm thinking it's a play on A(lex)a andlexical analysis[1]. That may be where Alexa got her name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexical_analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexical_analysis
- throwaway_amzn 10y agoAlexa was named after the Great Library at Alexandria. It is also helpful that Amazon owns alexa.com and that "Alexa" is a uniquely pronounced word with few rhyming words or semi-homophones making it a great wake word candidate.
- OJFord 10y agoI assumed it was specifically from 'a lexer', an homonym.
- zitterbewegung 10y agoLex Luther would be a killer name for a support library.
- wiredfool 10y agoI'm waiting for Amazon Yak, for all your shaving needs. Or maybe yacc. For your syntax tree parsing needs. Seriously though, Lex is an old school tokenizer for parsing problems.
- al2o3cr 10y ago"does anybody else think the only time they've ever heard of Lex is Lex Luther" TBH, Lex Luthor is probably a better association than the spaceship Lexx. At least he doesn't make every household item into a not-even-disguised dick joke. :)
- OJFord 10y agoLex who? My only connotation for "Lex" is 'lexical analysis' and derived terms ('to lex', 'a lexeme', 'a lexer').
- euyyn 10y agoSuperman's archenemy.