Frequently Asked Questions ========================== .. _name: What about the name STEMsalabim? -------------------------------- STEMsalabim stems from the word *Simsalabim* which is known in Germany as what a magician says when casting spells (see `here `_ for a german dictionary entry). Furthermore, the phrase appears in the famous German children's song `Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck `_, where the phrase to our knowledge doesn't really have any meaning. (The song is about a cuckoo sitting on a tree and being shot by a huntsman...) Most germans will recognize the word. There is no contextual relation between STEM and the word Simsalabim. When we first started writing the code we came up with it as a working title and we then simply agreed on keeping it.