Re: [boost] [Boost] [Hana] the name

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Is there any rationale for the choice of name? Hana is simultaneously a rare word and also (I think) a registered trademark of the technology company SAP.

SAP Hana is a database so there is little scope for confusion between it and Boost.Hana amongst tech professionals but from the outside world I'm not so sure...

Here:

http://ldionne.com/hana/index.html#tutorial-rationales-why_Hana

it says:

I just needed a short and good looking name that people would easily remember, and Hana came up.

Thanks for the link Larry. That reasoning reads rather awkwardly when SAP's Hana pre-dates Louis's library and is trademarked (albeit only in the context "SAP Hana"??) But IANAL, it is up to Louis to decide whether there is a real issue to address here.