Re: [Chicken-users] Re: Documentation

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Harri Haataja wrote:
> On 29/05/06, Brandon J. Van Every <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Dan wrote:
> > > Just a small observation -- the propensity for long,
> > > complicated URL's isn't a win. Typing the full
> > > www.call/cc.org is a pain;
>
> > > Maybe it's just me, but I'd love shorter, memorable
> > > URL's.
> >
> > I do too, but the value isn't in personal use.  It's in chalkboards,
> > overhead projectors, and casual conversations, when you're trying to get
> > something to stick in a crowd's mind.  Actually
> > "call-with-current-continuation.org" is rather easy for a Functional
> > Programmer to remember... but most people don't know what FP is.
>
> It does stick, indeed. Of course a few more remaining possibilities
> are navigating to it via a few hops from some easy to remember wiki
> (like http://community.schemewiki.org/ though that's not the shortest
> name either), 

I don't consider community.* an easy URL to remember.  I've never seen a 
URL like that before.

> google, 

Only certain people have Google discipline.  Most people are lazy.

> your homepage or profile somewhere etc, have a
> personal wiki (more common these days, see http://pbwiki.com/ or use a
> service like tinyurl to create some nice TLA-length alias :)

A stretch, since I have none of these things.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every