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Rename the Very Large Array

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  Dennis Ritchie Memorial very_large[];

  space* dennis_ritchie[]; // array of pointers to space

The thing that immediately comes to mind is "Sagan", though more from the image of the dishes reminding me of "Contact" than from anything else.

I'd have thought that after Mister Splashy Pants people would have stopped asking the Internet to name things.

"My Array Is Bigger Than Yours"

Mind-boggingly Large Array

And the old one will retroactively be "a long way down the road to the chemist's" array.

Ellie

Figure out your own backronym, if you need one. As far as I'm concerned, I don't.

P.S. The form also asks for a prefix to the existing name. So, I propose the "Arroway" Very Large Array .

Call me sentimental, but that story represents for me a superb merging of fact and vision.

  Seq.initInfinite (fun i -> new Dish())
  |> Seq.toArray