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> A racket is a kind of scheme. That's hilarious. It only took me 5 years to get.

• catalogia 6y ago
  'Gambit Scheme' has a similar style of name.
  • cgsullivan 6y ago
    Gambit Scheme is also a pun on Marc Feeley's surname in Irish -- O Fithcheallaigh -- which means 'chess player'. The name is derived from the ancient Irish board game fidchell, rules unknown, but taken to be akin to chess. https://www.libraryireland.com/names/of/o-fithcheallaigh.php https://www.libraryireland.com/names/of/o-fithcheallaigh.php
  • skrishnamurthi 6y ago
    That's a bit different. Guy Steele's first Scheme compiler was called RABBIT (it ran fast). The Yale T project created the Orbit compiler. This set off a *bit trend, including Gambit and also Will Clinger's Twobit.
• Igelau 6y ago
  Guile makes sense now too.