Re: [boost] [Hana] the name

Subject: Re: [boost] [Hana] the name
From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-06-09 05:53:21

On 06/09/2015 03:47 AM, Pete Bartlett wrote:
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>>> Dear Boost community,
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>>> The formal review of Louis Dionne's Hana library starts Monday, 10th
>>> June 
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> Is there any rationale for the choice of name? Hana is simultaneously a rare word and also (I think) a registered trademark of the technology company SAP.
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> SAP Hana is a database so there is little scope for confusion between it and Boost.Hana amongst tech professionals but from the outside world I'm not so sure...
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Here:

http://ldionne.com/hana/index.html#tutorial-rationales-why_Hana

it says:

I just needed a short and good looking name that people would easily
remember, and Hana came up.