On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:04:04 +0100, Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Best suggestions I've seen so far: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (I like the plural better too, thanks Dan) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >let me know your preference (privately, unless you have anything else to >add to the discussion). Thank you, Simon. Personally, I think that there are problems with all three names, though: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Although this name definitely captures the flavor of the mailing list and also conveys a sense of community (with the addition of the 's,' thanks to Dan Licata), the double-n is easy to mistake for beginners, and a new user would probably have difficulty remembering whether the name was "beginner" or "beginners" if a sudden question arose after six months of absence from the mailing list. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As Angelos Sphyris pointed out in a private e-mail message (which I later forwarded to this mailing list), this seems to suggest a general help archive/source complete with manuals, faqs, examples etc. More importantly, it does not suggest a sense of community. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This name limits the scope of the list to questions, as opposed to general beginner topics, and does not seem appropriate for non-question beginner-related issues. Also, this name does not convey a sense of community. Since this new list is about beginner issues for Haskell, a functional programming language, ideally, the name should simultaneously be short, easy to remember, academic, suggest general beginner issues, and, if possible, suggest a sense of community. The best alternatives that I have come up with are the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This name denotes a Greek letter used in mathematics, is associated with a beginning, is academic, but does not really suggest a sense of community. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This name denotes two Greek letters used in mathematics, ordered so as to denote a beginning of the lambda-calculus, and is academic, but does not really suggest a sense of community. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This name denotes a Greek letter used in mathematics, is associated with a beginning, is academic, and suggests a sense of community. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This name is simply too long to remember. In sum, I suggest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any better alternatives? -- Benjamin L. Russell _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
