I've noticed that the name I chose for my Python B-tree library, btree, isn't particularly unique. There's at least two other libraries with the same name. I need to rename nime.

I'm not able to come up with a new name, though. Do you, dear reader, have a suggestion?

I'd like a name that is short, and is either descriptive or invokes mental impressions of trees or forests.

Edit: Should also be relatively unique (low hit count on Google), and not a name already used by an existing Python project, or preferably any free software project.

bytree? I find only some chinese and actually perl references for that.

I personally hate this lame tendency to name things like "Text Editor"..

Comment by Pasi Tue Feb 22 10:37:22 2011
The ‘b’ of ‘black’ hints at the kind of trees, and you get the possibility of delicious icons.
Comment by Will Tue Feb 22 10:40:20 2011
baobab
Comment by edoardo Tue Feb 22 10:44:39 2011
What about "etzbeth"? "etz" means "tree" in Hebrew, while "beth" is the second letter in the aleph-beth and roughly equivalent to greek "beta" and latin "B". Also, "etzbeth" only yields 55 search results on Google.
Comment by aronspeiber Tue Feb 22 10:54:13 2011

What about pyBtree? Looks like it is unique.

Comment by Sadique Tue Feb 22 10:57:14 2011
A baobab already exists; it's the GNOME disk usage analyzer (tree-map).
Comment by smcv Tue Feb 22 11:14:43 2011
birch or betula
Comment by nis Tue Feb 22 11:40:21 2011
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1vxsw_monty-pythons-types-of-trees-12_creation
Comment by Timothy R Tue Feb 22 11:48:16 2011

Betulla (or the Linnaeus' betula) is the italian for Birch; I think You call it Koivut. As of italian wikipedia the name DERIVES from the celtic "betu", which means "tree". This can be a shorter name for the library.

Comment by Pauli Tue Feb 22 13:19:15 2011
pinethon?
Comment by Max Tue Feb 22 14:17:04 2011

BumbleTree

  • Bumble makes one think of "Bee"
  • "Bee" makes one think of Nature
  • Tree is then a short mental-hop from "nature".

Phil

Comment by philip.ryan Tue Feb 22 14:18:31 2011
How about beetree?
Comment by Kumar Tue Feb 22 14:38:36 2011
I'd go for woodfire. Wood is from trees, obviously, and fire adds some drama and speed as well as a spark here and there....
Comment by Ijon Tue Feb 22 16:17:55 2011

what about bforest ? the place to go if you want to manage trees

Comment by Paolo Tue Feb 22 17:42:05 2011
Its a genus of redwood coniferous trees. No other reason except I like the sound it makes... SeK Oy a!
Comment by Grepnix Tue Feb 22 18:44:00 2011
Clearly you must name the library "herring". I'm pretty sure there's a scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where the knights who say Ni say "you must cut down the mightiest b-tree in the forest... with a herring!"
Comment by Jouni Tue Feb 22 19:16:02 2011
tok as an abbreviation for 'tree of knowledge' -- a reference to the tree that the serpent told eve about in the garden of eden
Comment by Kevix Wed Feb 23 12:15:23 2011

Lars, what about bonsai?

They are, after all, bushy and short, exactly like a b-tree should be. To top it off, the name is moderately short.

I hope that you like this suggestion. :-)

Regards, Rogério Brito.

Comment by rbrito Thu Feb 24 00:28:25 2011
Well, how does it differ to the other libraries claiming that name?
Comment by mentor Thu Feb 24 02:09:19 2011
Timothy R, your suggestion "larch" is the obvious winner. Thanks!
Comment by Lars Wirzenius Mon Mar 7 19:19:22 2011