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Why the name?

From:   Fredrik Dahl
Address:   fredrikd@ifi.uio.no
Date:   19 December 1996
Subject:   Re: Jellyfish???
Forum:   rec.games.backgammon
Google:   59b44q$qjb@menja.ifi.uio.no

The name of JellyFish:

When I gave it this name I considered the following:

- compared to a biological neural net it has a very low number
  of 'brain cells', and not being a biologist, I figured it might
  be comparable to the jellyfish.

- Though primitive, the jellyfish is a very successful creature,
  or so I believe.  It's a survivor.

- I thought there were all to many not-so-strong programs with
  names that promised too much, like 'super-champion-pro-backgammon',
  and thought it would be fun to see them all eaten by a lower life form.

- I liked the sound of the word.

The JellyFish Homepage, btw, is:
http://www.effect.no/jelly.htm

Fredrik Dahl.
 
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