IronPython is going to be called "Dynamic Language Foundation Whitespace Sensitive Edition", so we are not going to have this IP acronym confusion.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Michael Foord <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fuzzyman@voidspace.org.uk">fuzzyman@voidspace.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Keith J. Farmer wrote:<br>
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Respectfully: it would be less trouble overall if you made the effort to adapt to the group's jargon, rather than expect everyone else to adapt to your (temporary) state of confusion.<br>
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+1 (I'm afraid)<br>
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>From context it should be reasonably straightforward to tell whether an acronym refers to TCP/IP or IronPython. Try finding any TLA that isn't overloaded with multiple meanings in the computer world...<br>
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After all, I've never met a "simple" programmer. I'm sure you're capable of learning the language J<br>
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*From:* <a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a>] *On Behalf Of *Vernon Cole<br>
*Sent:* Friday, November 14, 2008 11:32 AM<br>
*To:* Discussion of IronPython<br>
*Subject:* [IronPython] Please use IPy, not IP.<br>
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I am having trouble reading "subject" lines recently...<br>
IP is Internet Protocol as in TCP/IP.<br>
To keep simple folks like me from being confused, *IPy *would be a better acronym.<br>
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