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Somewhat off-topic, but what's with the lambda replacing the "n" letter? I'm no expert in Greek but I thought lambda was the equivalent to the letter "l"...

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The logo was hastily designed by an amateur (me). I figured most people would figure it out, pedantic people would complain, and we'd all have a good time :)

We've had some better options contributed in the past couple of weeks, but as long as we're going to change it I didn't want to rush that. So we stuck with my questionable typographic treatment for the blog post.

(Edit: autocorrect typo)

Atm it reads 'polilote' in Greek. You might want to substitute 'λ' for ΄ν'.

Right? It would work as Poλynote.

See, we tried that, and to me it just looked like "ponynote". So far everyone who's mentioned "polylote" has been a current or former physicist, so maybe there's an interesting correlation there...

How about Polλnote?

I got this: Poλλλote.

I did the upside-down lambda with the right-side-up lambda because I thought it had a neat yin-yang look to it. Probably should have thought about how it would read to someone who reads Greek :picardfacepalm:

i mean thats how lisp had it, youre probably fine :)

Some might argue "ponynote" is a great nickname... ;-)

Also not a physicist FWIW <3

I'll toss in a vote to add support for https://www.ponylang.io/ and embrace "ponynote" :)

(this looks fantastic btw, I'm definitely going to explore it more in depth. thank you a TON for releasing it!)

Perhaps the product name is actually pronounced "Polllote"

You're more than welcome to pronounce it that way! :)

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