$Id: README,v 1.3 2000/02/10 09:06:28 photo Exp $ Getopt::Casual is (c) 1999-2000 by Daniel M. Lipton Getopt::Casual is distributed under the GNU Public License v2. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. or http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html .-------------------------. | Story of the namespace. | `-------------------------' Since there already existed a Getopt::Simple, the name I thought I wanted, there existed a small problem, namely what to call this package. With no better idea of what to call it, I posted the code to a local mailing list and asked for comments on the name. The following were the runners up, in no particular order. Getopt::Simpler Getopt::Simplest Get::Opt Apprehend::CommandLine::Options Getopt::PracticallyAtomic Getopt::SubMolecular Getopt::Already::Genetically::Mutating Getopt::FitsInASig Getopt::StaysCrunchyInMilk Getopt::High::In::Fiber Getopt::GotRoot? Getopt::THIS Getopt::Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarchie! Getopt::Getopt::Getopt::Getopt::Getopt::Getopt::Getopt::Getopt::Getopt...Getopt Getopt::FORTH::0::do::getopt::loop::; Getopt::BASIC::10 PRINT "GETOPT"::20 GOTO 10::END Getopt::Shes::A::Brick::...::House Getopt::Jehovas::Whiteness Getopt::Simple::EvenSimpler? And the winner is: From patrick@antistatic.com Sat Feb 5 02:11:33 2000 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 03:26:44 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick M. Jordan To: Daniel M. Lipton Subject: Fuckin' A, Daniel! The idea strikes! I've got the idea. Currently, "Simple" has become the de facto package sub-identifier for the "Alternative" version of something, whether actually simpler or not. We need a new word. I suggest, "Casual"! Getopt::Casual looks good, sounds like it listens to Jazz, and is probably a bass player in its spare time. It wears sunglasses, even indoors. It's C00L to be around!