Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 8257 invoked from network); 19 Jul 2002 13:58:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 19 Jul 2002 13:58:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 25736 invoked by uid 97); 19 Jul 2002 13:58:20 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 25700 invoked by uid 97); 19 Jul 2002 13:58:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Reply-To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 25652 invoked by uid 98); 19 Jul 2002 13:58:17 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4198 created Apr 24 2002) X-Server-Uuid: 6E802067-ECFC-4FC2-A617-DD5220DD9CBB Message-ID: <7382FCA44E27D411BD4A00508BD68F9504BB098A@pigeon.tumbleweed.com> From: "Martin Cooper" To: "'Jakarta Commons Developers List'" Subject: RE: Proposal: JSP/JSTL expression language Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 06:53:14 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) X-WSS-ID: 1126C42E1165996-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N > -----Original Message----- > From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:geirm@adeptra.com] > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 6:40 AM > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: Proposal: JSP/JSTL expression language > > > On 7/19/02 7:44 AM, "Jeff Turner" wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:30:30PM -0400, Shawn Bayern wrote: > > ... > >>> Though I'm not sure about the name 'el', because what > with jexl and > >>> jxpath, it certainly isn't the only "expression language" > at Jakarta. > >> > >> Indeed. I never intend this, but everything I name > somehow ends up with > >> the most generic name possible. (JSTL's implementation at > Jakarta is > >> called, as a product name, the "Standard Taglib." The centralized > >> authentication and single sign-on system I wrote for Yale > is called the > >> "Central Authentication Service." And so forth.) :-) > >> > >> So I'm all for a better name. James Strachan suggested > "JEL," but that > >> might be confusing against Jelly. It's unfortunate that > "Espresso" is > >> taken, since it's apt. It might be cute to name it after a salient > >> syntactic feature, like "Dot." Any better ideas? > > > > jstel, jsp-el, jspel. skippy (don't ask..). > > Isn't bikeshed-painting fun :) > > 'el' works for me. > > Jspel :) Hmm, getting a little close (pronunciation-wise) to 'jezebel'... I think we need a name that's ELegant, don't we? ;-) -- Martin Cooper > > Like but different than Jexel, but I wonder if you can use 'JSP' w/o > invoking the legal wrath of Sun... > > -- > Geir Magnusson Jr. > Research & Development, Adeptra Inc. > geirm@adeptra.com > +1-203-247-1713 > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: