> SAS GI NST > @NLP - TS;DP (too short; didn't parse) - @SAS ...
BTW, for computer language wonks, I've been revisiting APL (A Programming Language) recently. I fell in love with it (for about 2 years) at the end of my BS Math/Physics for myriad reasons, including it's parsimonious yet apt expressions of arrays and linear algebra. I was working almost exclusively in physics simulations and perspective geometry loaded with vectors and arrays as well as the need for efficient text parsing/generation. APL's features were pretty concise for both. APL was famous for one-liners long before PERL (more appropriately Perl as PERL is apparently a backronym <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym>?) was invented? for example: (2=0+.=T∅.|T)/T←ι vs perl -wle '(1 x $_) !~ /^(11+)\1+$/ && print while ++ $_' generates primes from 1 to N @NST @GEPR both are rigorous but not clear (to anyone not facile in the idiom of the language) I didn't work with *anyone* else on my APL, even my profs didn't "speak" APL and I *never* expected anyone except the APL interpreter to understand the APL I wrote. The writeup I did on my senior project included only the barest of APL code, and always formatted to be readable, not succinct (or cryptic)... @SAS out > > > Nick Thompson > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Smith > *Sent:* Monday, January 25, 2021 5:44 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Acronyms > > > > Nick - > > I think it *can* be the thing you call out, but I encounter it in so > many contexts where that explanation doesn't really fit. Sometimes I > think it is entirely unconscious shortcutting. On this list, for > example, I use LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory) because I believe > that *all* Santa Fe/NM folks know what it is an acronym for and *many* > non SFe (Santa Fe) NM (New Mexico) folks know it *by now*. Similarly > I find SFI an acceptable contraction in this context. > > On the technical side, the shortcut/contraction/acronym is often the > primary/preferred reference. Even if you might not *know* that DNA > is /deoxyribonucleic acid/ or ATP is /adenosine triphosphate/... or > that the YMCA is the /young men's christian association/, for example, > you know the signified by that signifier, and in fact you *won't* know > what those contractions are *for* unless you are in fact using them in > some insider/technical sense. > > I know people who work within a large but somewhat insular community > whose acronyms are myriad and they are truly NOT trying to be > exclusionary. I have a number of friends who are either social > workers or have studied in the field or have friends/families with > mental illness so I hear the acronym DSM and I can tell it is being > used in a very "insider" way. I know little of the details, but I've > gathered that "DSM II" somehow connotes both "modern" and > "not-really-modern" psychiatric models, but I think even if I do the > GoogleFu to learn the first level of details, I would not be much less > puzzled by knowing, for example: > > > DSM-I and DSM-II > > In 1952, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) published the > DSM-I, an adaptation of a classification system developed by the > armed forces during WW2. It was designed for use by doctors and > other treatment providers. > > The DSM-I was the first of its kind, but experts agreed that it > still needed work. The DSM-II, released in 1968, attempted to > incorporate the psychiatric knowledge of the day. It was heavily > influenced by psychoanalytic concepts that were prominent at that > time. > > I think that both Glen and maybe Frank have tossed DSM or even DSM II > into the conversation here without any more explication than I get at > cocktail parties and it lands just as dead for me, but not offensive > here as there (until I get my GoogleGoggles flashing > Wikipedia/Wiktionary in my peripheral vision with automatic > explication). It even seems like a good feature for > Alexa/Siri/HeyGoogle to listen continuously and recognize acronyms and > offer ordered-by-likelihood-from-context explications in your ear (or > in the room if you want to shame the acronymster acrimoniously). > > I understand that many are "lazy typists" who find it patently painful > (emotionally if not physically) to type anything out. And *too many > people* (IMO ... in my opinion) do too much of their correspondence on > a TS (tiny screen) which requires them to hunt-peck with one finger > (maybe two thumbs) without touch feedback and without the benefit of > QWERTY knowledge built into their Neural Net neurons. > > I'm assuming Frank's OP (original post) was in response to both some > specific TLA (three letter acronym) used recently or the accrued > irritation of having to look up jargon ( especially TLAs and MLAs > (multi letter acronyms)) just to figure out a conversation he is > *otherwise* informed enough on to follow. Or both. Or maybe he's > just taking out his frustration with his daughter here where it's > "safe" <grin>. > > BTW (by the way) and FWIW (for what it's worth) I think I'd be game > for one of Glen's experiments, even if the constraints offered somehow > cramped *my* style (e.g. 20 line limit on posts, no markup-like > formatting like *bold* or EMPHASIS or _underscore_ HTML (even > formatting like *bold* or /italics/). or even his extremal > suggestion of requiring "peer review" by 3 others before submitting > (I'd probably become rather mute over that one) WTFOMFGROFLMAOGMWAS! > > - Steve > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
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