On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:58:30 +0000, Conor McBride <co...@strictlypositive.org> wrote:
>Hi Benjamin > >On 24 Nov 2009, at 02:35, Benjamin L.Russell wrote: > >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:14:29 -0800 (PST), jfred...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Typef*ck: Brainf*ck in the type system. Johnny Morrice [23]showed us >>> his implementation of everyone's favorite profane programming >>> language... in the type system. > >> In general, if a programming language-related term contains what is >> generally regarded as a profane word as a component, for what kinds of >> written material should I prioritize accuracy vs. propriety? > >Who gives a brain? > >More seriously, I worry that inaccuracy (other than blessed relief from >tedious pedantry, of course) might ever be improper. Lots of arts >academia write learned articles about filth, and it's no big deal when >it's in quotation. That's the situation here, no? Perhaps use quotation >marks just to be clear that the terminology is not of your making. But >you should have no need of ASCII-art fig leaves. Agreed. Inaccuracy in the title can potentially lead to cross-referencing difficulties if a search is performed. As long as the title is in quotation, it would seem that accuracy should probably be prioritized over the political incorrectness of portions of the title, so that someone who wishes, say, to perform a search need not search for both versions of the title. >(Now, as far as *email* (e.g., HWN) is concerned, it makes sense to act >like wise spammers the world over and disguise your true intentions from >the automated filters. People from Scunthorpe must be really fed up >doing >that. I know they're fed up being used as an example, too. Sorry.) Hmm. That's a potential dilemma. If someone were, say, a functional programming researcher and wanted to look up related discussions in archived mailing lists and newsgroups on a term that included a politically incorrect subterm within, then it would then be necessary to perform a search on all the following variants (taking "Monadam*" (with the asterisk replaced by the the correct letter) as an example): 1) the uncensored version 2) Monadam* 3) Monada** 4) Monad*** 5) Mona**** Wow. Unfortunately, the automated filtering software is likely to mark a message of an uncensored title as spam. Maybe the mailing lists and newsgroups have no choice but to be left out of any related searches in order to escape the filters? -- Benjamin L. Russell -- Benjamin L. Russell / DekuDekuplex at Yahoo dot com http://dekudekuplex.wordpress.com/ Translator/Interpreter / Mobile: +011 81 80-3603-6725 "Furuike ya, kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto." -- Matsuo Basho^ _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe