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I don’t see it mentioned in the readme that the name is from Japanese, maybe it isn’t?

• Twisol 8y ago
  From the readme, this is based on miniKanren, so the name is a reference to that language. miniKanren itself has a Wikipedia page that also mentions the Japanese etymology of the name. Logic languages like Prolog are usually based on relations (or "constraints"), which is likely where the name ultimately came from. As for why Japanese, I don't think there's going to be a particularly good answer to that question.
  • nikofeyn 8y ago
    probably just because it’s fun to use foreign words as the name of things since you can have something sound like a name and not just a word but have a direct meaning or represent a concept. also, weren’t (maybe it should be “aren’t”) the japanese heavy users of prolog?
    • Twisol 8y ago
      > it’s fun to use foreign words as the name of things Oh definitely! I wrote a FAT16 stack for an embedded system and called it "FutoiFS" (ha, ha) [1]. I think whimsy is a perfectly good reason. It sounded like the OP wanted a reason for choosing Japanese specifically, though, and I don't think such exists. [1] Definition of "futoi": https://jisho.org/word/%E5%A4%AA%E3%81%84 https://jisho.org/word/%E5%A4%AA%E3%81%84
• wodenokoto 8y ago
  No it doesn't. But it ought to have a line about its name. And yes, I am assuming it is Japanese.