Well, if somebody can't spell "beginners" correctly, I highly doubt they will get "alpha" right... Certainly if they drive an Alfa Romeo car ;)
Even so, another alternative would just be "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Benjamin L.Russell > Sent: maandag 14 juli 2008 13:18 > To: haskell@haskell.org > Subject: [Haskell] Re: on starting Haskell-Edu, a new education-related > Haskell-related mailing list > > 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 _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
