I'm not sure what flame wars you're referring to. We picked the name Shill because it sounds a lot like shell, but is a bit of an in-joke because it is built o

I'm not sure what flame wars you're referring to. We picked the name Shill because it sounds a lot like shell, but is a bit of an in-joke because it is built on Racket, which is a descendant of Scheme. All three have slightly negative connotations: schemers, racketeers, shills.