HOPE

Etymology: see *, **

Page:
http://santos.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rap/Hope/

                                                Hope

MAC NAME: Hope                                      

VERSION: -                                 

README: -

AUTHORS:
R.M. Burstall
D.B. MacQueen 
D.T. Sanella 
(at Edinburgh University in 1978)
mac port:
Ross Paterson, University of Queensland

COPYRIGHT:
(c) 1990 by Ross Paterson

INTERNET SITES:
ftp://brolga.cc.uq.oz.au/pub/hope/

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From: David Lillie <David.Lillie@insignia.co.uk>
To: xpolakis@athena.compulink.gr
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 95 12:02:25 BST

Hi Antreas,

You write:

 > I have a question:
 > What is the etymology of HOPE language?
 > (Is it an acronym?)

The Hope language was originally developed at Edinburgh University in the early 1980's (and possibly late 70's) and is named for the view from the Department of Computer Science, which overlooks Hope Square.
I have no idea how Hope Square came by its name!

 Dave Lillie
 dlillie@isltd.insignia.com

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Date: Thu, 29 Jun 95 17:01 BST
From: Ross Paterson <rap@doc.ic.ac.uk>
To: xpolakis@athena.compulink.gr

> I have a question about the name:
> What is the etymology of HOPE ?

It's named after Hope Park Square, the address of the cs department in Edinburgh where it was first developed.

Ross