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doc: Lee Thomas suggested the name change.

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See (1994-11-04) https://groups.google.com/g/gnu.misc.discuss/c/0VtEf1fgEJk/m/IMBs2o-ftrgJ
> If GEL and GUL and GLUE don't work for the name of the scripting
> language, how about:
>
> GUILE - GNU's Universal Interpreted Language Extension
>
> (This also implies Scheme-ing, and means that the GNU's Universal
> Interpreted Language Developers would be part of a ...)
> --
> Lee Thomas

and (1994-11-22) https://groups.google.com/g/gnu.misc.discuss/c/9pD9yVoRYFw/m/0z7SLYbx8loJ
> Why "GUILE"? (GNU's Universal Interpreted Language Extension)
> Two additional reasons:
>
> 1. It does not give deliberate offense to Dr. Ousterhout or his
> supporters, thereby allowing the warring factions to eventually
> make peace (along with some others, perhaps - Gloria's 'Usband Is
> Linguistically Educated) and get back to work.
> 2. By pronunciation it offers appreciation to one of the co-inventors
> of Scheme. (Maybe a library package could be named "Scheme User
> Supported System Macros And Native-code"? OK, that's a stretch ...)
> --
> Lee Thomas,

and https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.scheme/c/X5GrLVAvGLU/m/Xk11xCrbzCcJ
> A while back, I started calling the language being built by the GNU Project
> GEL. It turns out that GEL is a trademark of Sybase Inc. Therefore,
> we must choose a new name. Please do not refer to the GNU language
> as GEL.
>
> My favorite proposed name, posted recently to comp.lang.scheme, is GUILE.
> I like the name, because i think programmers should be encouraged to use
> GUILE when writing programs. The name may change yet again; but for now,
> please refer to the GNU language as GUILE.
>
> -t
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@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ the argument was that eventually when GEL became more capable, it
could gain the ability to execute other languages, especially Emacs could gain the ability to execute other languages, especially Emacs
Lisp. Lisp.
Due to a naming conflict with another programming language, Jim Blandy Due to a naming conflict with another programming language, Lee Thomas
suggested a new name for GEL: ``Guile''. Besides being a recursive suggested a new name for GEL: ``Guile''. Besides being a recursive
acronym, ``Guile'' craftily follows the naming of its ancestors, acronym, ``Guile'' craftily follows the naming of its ancestors,
``Planner'', ``Conniver'', and ``Schemer''. (The latter was truncated ``Planner'', ``Conniver'', and ``Schemer''. (The latter was truncated