I haven't seen much discussion on the names; I thought there'd be endless emails on this. The main issue seems to be that some people don't like the name "modern". In addition, there were some confusions about the project name.
So I'd like to make a proposed ruling on the naming & naming conventions, and see if there are objections. Name of whole project: Continues to be "Readable Lisp S-expressions", short name "readable". Name of mailing list: Continues to be "readable-discuss" Names of tiers: Keep the names "curly-infix expressions" and "sweet-expressions". Rename "modern-expressions" to "neoteric-expressions", and create standard abbreviations for the 3 names: c-expressions, n-expressions, and t-expressions respectively. Below is the justification. Comments? --- David A. Wheeler JUSTIFICATION: I don't like naming the notations *just* "c-expressions" or whatever. Just letters are arbitrary & are hard to remember. They also don't help people understand what their goals are. BUT abbreviations are useful (obviously!). "Curly-infix-expressions" is easily shortened to c-expressions, and sweet-expressions are shortened to "t-expressions", so let's go with that as standard abbreviations. Clearly some people don't like the name "modern", and the obvious abbreviation "M-expression" is taken. The term "function-expressions" abbreviates to "f-expression", which sounds bad & is taken. "prefix-expressions" shortens to p-expressions, which also sound bad. So let's change the name of "modern-expressions" to "neoteric-expressions". Neoteric has a similar meaning, and its abbreviation "n-expression" doesn't seem to have wide use in the Lisp world. I did find a use of the term "n-expressions" for Lisp: http://books.google.com/books?id=JmEXH9TllNcC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=%22n-expression%22+Lisp&source=bl&ots=H2Kw-i8e61&sig=IiWn_C6zKhRJN1DGerFPLCPL7KE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MioMUOxOsJDRAbu8iewD&ved=0CFsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22n-expression%22%20Lisp&f=false "Metamathematics, Machines, and Gödel's Proof" By N. Shankar, page 93. There it means a list composed solely of number and lists. I don't think this overlap is a problem. The term "neoteric" is a little obscure, but that can work to our advantage. It sounds exotic, which might lead them to listen instead of automatically rejecting it. Interestingly, the abbreviations go in alphabetical order. I think that's a nice plus, it helps people remember their order. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
