Language names, goals, and other lofty ideals

[kris]

Leading on from the Mascot and D/Java topics, I went hunting for this 
quote from Don Knuth:

"The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A 
language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented 
a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language." -- D. E. 
Knuth

Wonder if he had the name "Dude" in mind? <g>


Along the way, I stumbled upon one of PG's essays that looked 
interesting enough to pass along. It has some thoughts on what makes a 
language popular: http://www.paulgraham.com/popular.html