From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2001-08-09T02:57:47+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19384] Re: Perl/Python/Ruby common backend (Parrot, can

In article <724c7.21009$5j7.1788523@e420r-atl1.usenetserver.com>,
Chris Moore  <thegrandbrie@softhome.net> wrote:
>
>> Pardon my ignorance, what is calypso?
>
>calypso \Ca*lyp"so\ (k[.a]*l[i^]p"s[-o]), n. [The Latinized Greek name of a 
>beautiful nymph.] (Bot.) A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a 
>flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet 
>localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is 
>the only orchid which reaches 68[deg] N
>
>IOW something of beauty
>

Oh, I thought that maybe Matz was working on a new Ruby backend codenamed 
'calypso'.

Phil