[antlr-interest] we need a name for a new rewriting tool

[Simos Xenitellis]

Hi,

An option is "anamorph".

The following is from a modern Greek dictionary, translated to English,

anamorph: (v) 1. give a new, enhanced form. For example, when you make
the educational system better. 2. when you make better the behaviour
of someone, such as a young person.

Simos

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Terence Parr <parrt at cs.usfca.edu> wrote:
> Hi, Leon Su, the maniac that brings you gUnit is currently working with me
> on a rewrite system similar to other rewrite engines such as ASF+SDF,
> Stratego, TXL etc...  I believe the tool is in line with the strategy
> championed by Andy Tripp.
>
> You'll be able to say things like "whenever you see x+0 in an IF expression,
> rewrite it to x":
>
> ---------------------
> rewrite Java; // applies rewrite rules to external java grammar
> tokens {
>        x=ID;
> }
>
> [ifstat ... expr]:
>        "x+0" -> "x"
>        "0+x" -> "x"
>        ...
> ---------------------
>
> It is going to be extremely cool and will also work for tree rewrites.
>
> The only problem we have is that we don't know what to call it. I originally
> had a nice tree rewriting system called Sorcerer (14 years ago) but now
> there are things like sourcerer and so on. can anybody help us name this
> tool?
>
> THesaurus entries:
>
> rewrite: revise, recast,reword, rephrase, redraft.
>
> transform: change, alter,convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transmute,
> mutate; revolutionize,overhaul; remodel, reshape, redo, reconstruct,
> rebuild, reorganize, rearrange,rework, renew, revamp, remake, retool,
> transmogrify, morph
>
> rebuild: reconstruct, renovate, restore, remodel, remake,reassemble.
>
> Do any of those words help us?
>
> I think "morph" is actually not bad.  Morpheme sounds cooler but makes less
> sense.  Morphica?  Morphic?  Morphologic? Morphomatic? ha! that one is
> funny.
>
> How about metamorph? I like that one! google search only reveals a molecular
> device and some stupid school has taken metamorph.org. I guess that is no
> big deal because we will be using the antlr.org website for that.
>
> Ter
>