[devereaux]

I expect first a delicious crunchy chocolate, then a soft tasty almond paste.

Oh, wrong marzipan - oops!

[taneq]

Same. I know that "naming is hard" but it seems like these days software people take a perverse delight in giving things completely unrelated names. At least back in the day we used impenetrable acronyms which kind of made sense when explained.

[zapzupnz]

Apple has a precedent. The Carbon API was so named because "all lifeforms will be based on it". The Cocoa API was so named as an alternative to the Java API, at one point a major pillar for Mac OS X before Apple discovered people preferred to learn Carbon/Cocoa than bother with Java.

Marzipan, if the name does stick, could be "the icing on the cake" that brings iOS developers to the Mac. It seems as though Apple has been spending the past twenty or so years preparing a small bakery.

We patiently await for an updated version of discoveryd to be reintroduced into macOS, codename Tea-and-Biscuits.

[saagarjha]

This is an internal code name for something that has not been publicly released.

[kkarakk]

remember windows metro? marzipan is going the same route, whatever apple calls it later, marzipan is going to stick

[toasterlovin]

Marzipan is not something that is public facing. It is an API for software developers. It will get a name at WWDC in a few weeks and then it will have about as much public awareness at UIKit.

[airstrike]

Agreed. I understand unexpected brands for consumer facing products – Apple and Blackberry come to mind. But for a tool / library meant for developers, it seems a bit over the top.

[toasterlovin]

It is an internal code name.

[thaumasiotes]

Technically, marzipan is just the almond paste. I associate it with things like terrible-tasting but structurally-sound cake decorations.

[cardinalfang]

To make marzipan structurally sound requires adding too much sugar, which spoils the taste.

[Fnoord]

It contains very little almond. Instead, it contains white beans as its cheap and a good emulsifier.

[quietbritishjim]

Marzipan is, by definition, mostly made from almonds. I'm sure knock-off marzipan-flavoured confections exist, but that doesn't change the meaning of the word.