Comments on: What is IronLisp? http://xacc.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/what-is-ironlisp/ A small, super fast, opensource and 100% C# IDE targetting .NET-based languages Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: leppie http://xacc.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/what-is-ironlisp/#comment-202 leppie Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:15:12 +0000 http://xacc.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/what-is-ironlisp/#comment-202 Maybe it has to do with 'ironing out' wrinkles :) Maybe it has to do with ‘ironing out’ wrinkles :)

]]> By: Michael Foord http://xacc.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/what-is-ironlisp/#comment-199 Michael Foord Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:37:48 +0000 http://xacc.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/what-is-ironlisp/#comment-199 "It is called IronLisp (as is IronRuby and IronPython, I assume) as it is targeted for the Silverlight core (iron/silver/metals, get it?)" IronPython had its name long before Silverlight existed. It was the name Jim Hugunin chose for his experimental project before Microsoft took it on (and fortunately let him keep the name). IronRuby followed (and IronXSLT) - and now IronLisp... I have not heard a good explanation as to 'Why Iron?', but John Lam suggests "It Runs On .Net"... Michael Foord “It is called IronLisp (as is IronRuby and IronPython, I assume) as it is targeted for the Silverlight core (iron/silver/metals, get it?)”

IronPython had its name long before Silverlight existed. It was the name Jim Hugunin chose for his experimental project before Microsoft took it on (and fortunately let him keep the name).

IronRuby followed (and IronXSLT) – and now IronLisp…

I have not heard a good explanation as to ‘Why Iron?’, but John Lam suggests “It Runs On .Net”…

Michael Foord

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