Why are many ports of languages to .net prefixed with 'Iron'?
- by MPritch
Was discussing over lunch why several ports of languages to the .net framework are prefixed with 'Iron'.
e.g.
IronPython
IronRuby
IronLisp
IronScheme
IronPHP
Anyone out there know?
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