--- Grant Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's not
> clear that there
> is anything unprofessional about referring to a
> programming language by
> its name, even if that name is rather unfortunate
> (in my, admittedly
> rather prudish, opinion).
I consider the programming language name to be
unprofessional. Avoiding the vulgar doesn't make you a
prude. heh
>For people like me who are uncomfortable
> using the actual name, "brainf*ck" would be equally
> clear, and many people will use a similar version
>just out of
> politeness.
Acceptable.
> My understanding is that the amount of "brainf*ck"
> support that will be
> needed is likely to be pretty small. It's not
> exactly a language that
> everybody is running out to learn and deploy, after
> all. So, I rather
> doubt that one would hear "alot [sic]" about this
> package regardless of policy.
Sorry about the grammar. I've only gotten about 7
hours sleep last couple days. "a lot" was just my
spin. :P
Regards,
kutsuya (aka bit`)
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