Re: [boost] [Hana] the name

Subject: Re: [boost] [Hana] the name
From: Pete Bartlett (pete_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-06-09 08:42:16

>> 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.
>> 
>> 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...
>> 
>> 

> 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.

Thanks for the link Larry.

That reasoning reads rather awkwardly when SAP's Hana pre-dates Louis's library and is trademarked (albeit only in the context "SAP Hana"??)

But IANAL, it is up to Louis to decide whether there is a real issue to address here.