From: Conrad Schneiker <schneiker@...>
Date: 2000-02-13T05:22:57-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01328] Re: FAQ: Ruby acronyms


From: Armin S. A. Roehrl <Armin.Roehrl@epfl.ch>

> some other mad ideas.. at 1 in the morning with a bottle of wine next to
> the screen;
> (that's my excuse)
> I hope that my brainstorming will inspire you to find sth. better.
> 
> some words that start with R, Y, and U
> R=Radical, Raise, rather, reach, rebel, reflection, resolve, restless,
> respect, revenge, revolt,ride,
> rocky, 
> Y=yak (for GNU fans), yesterday, yet, yiedl,  young, Yo-Yo,  Yuppie. 
> U= upwind, ufo, unapproachable, upon, use, utopian, underdog
> 
> now some random combinations. -- fill out the gaps and find better ones!
> the first, the Run up, big Yet is my facourite.
> 
> Ruby="Run up, big yeti"
>      "Run up, better yodel" (Swiss version)
>      "Run underdog, beauty  yields"
>      "Ruby upwinds, beasts ..   " (beauties and beasts go hand in
> hand...)
>      "Rather urgent: beer!  yummie" (for the alcoholics.. like
> myself...)
>             ,believe  "
>             ,bet   
>      "Reflect upon better Yo-Yos" (that a stupid one)
>             ,beware yesterday
>             ,beyond
>             ,bewitch "  
>             ,bizarre yield"  (your code doesn't compile at 4 in the
> morning)
>             ,blame you"      (that's a really bad one)
>             ,bless
>             ,bliss
>     ,blip
>     ,blitz       (I had to show that I speak German)
>             ,blue Yuppie"
>             ,boost yield"
>             ,bravado
>             ,bore you"  (ok -- that was enough; did I bore you?)    
> 
> Armin

Good approach!  Visual genetic algorithm and visual state space sampling. 

Immediately suggests,

    Ruby = Radically Useful, Beautiful Yields 
    Ruby = Runs Up Big Yields.(Blatant Wall Street Yuppie appeal.)
    
and:

    Ruby = Raises U Beyond Yourself
    Ruby = Reflexive Use Bewitches Yourself
    Ruby = Reinspired Using Brewer's Yeast (Ruby drinking toast.)

Couldn't figure out a mathematical one using Euler, unfortunately. 

Conrad