The "|>" is an allusion to the bar and angle brackets used in bra-ket notation [0]. I believe LIQUi|> is targeted more toward academic quantum computing researchers, who are likely to recognize/appreciate the reference.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%E2%80%93ket_notation

I will be honest and say I didn't get the reference!

Don't worry! I study quantum computation, and I didn't notice that the |> was supposed to be a D to form the word LIQUID!

It looks horrible but on the other hand it will be really easy to google.

Also, it is an injoke for people familiar with quantum mechanics.

> it will be really easy to google

Hopefully :)

Sometimes it gets spelled as LIQ𝑈𝑖⏐〉 (http://stationq.github.io/Liquid/) which is different from LIQUi|> (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...), which is different from LIQUID. It all depends on how Google feels about qubits on any given day.

But can you spell it all three ways at the same time?

The exact answer would take more time than I have, so I'll say maybe.