Google: "Don't be evil" If we happen to create a new standard for symbol names that is an improvement over the current standards we, in my opin, should absolutely do it because then for all time there is an improvement. That is probably how APL and J got created.
> From: jimf...@msn.com > To: programming@jsoftware.com > Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:51:34 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] The Accessible Dictionary > > > The English language is read left to right. > I propose that "/" be called "ladder up" > And then "\" be called "ladder down". > This allows comprehension rather than memorization thereby preventing > dyslexia of the terms. > Even a lefty like me could intuitively figure out one from the other. > > > Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:53:27 -0800 > > From: holme...@yahoo.com.au > > To: programming@jsoftware.com > > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] The Accessible Dictionary > > > > Skip Cave wrote: > > > > > ... I would shorten the following names: > > > 35 # numbersign -> number or numsign, > > > ... > > > 39 ' quotesingle -> quotsing, > > > ... > > > > In some English-speaking cultures, # is called "hash", > > though its "proper" name is "octothorp" sometimes said > > to be because the symbol shows eight fields around > > a village. > > > > I don't know what you are proposing to call / and \ > > but many have found the "backward/forward slash" > > names hard to swallow. In some quarters the / is > > called simply "slash" and \ is called "slosh", > > a usage which has the advantage of simplicity. > > > > In similar style "quit" for ' and "quote" for > > " suggest themselves. > > > > Neville Holmes, P.O. Box 2412, Bakery Hill 3354, Victoria > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
