What is the history behind the name of Yosys?

[Sysynth]

What is the meaning of "Yosys" and what is the origin of its name?

[nakengelhardt]

Yosys stands for "Yosys Open SYnthesis Suite".

[Sysynth]

I know, but does the Yosys inside "Yosys Open SYnthesis Suite" have a meaning at all?

[zachjs]

It's a recursive acronym, like GNU.

[nakengelhardt]

According to Claire, the letter Y was chosen because she was thinking of all the tools named Yet Another ...

[Sysynth]

Right, I forgot about the existence of recursive acronyms. Thank you guys!