Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU

[Ralph Palmer]

I agree, Dominic. It wasn't intended to be insular. On the other hand, when someone is responding to a question about Scheme or about "deep" (I don't even know the correct term) code, I don't see how one can, or if one should try to, make the discussion intelligible to a newbie.

Ralph

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Dominic Neumann <address@hidden> wrote:

2008/8/12 Ralph Palmer <address@hidden>:

> Anyone else remember Booker T. and the . . . ?
>
> In any case, it might make sense to use at least some of the acronyms
> judiciously. There is a wide variety of users on this list, and many of the
> discussions are, while not exclusive, at least aimed at a particular
> audience. I don't see why it wouldn't be a good idea to change the
> vocabulary based on the discussion and/or audience; actually, we already do.


> If Graham or Valentin uses NR or LSR in a response to a question or
> statement of mine, I'll understand. If I'm responding to an apparent newbie,
> using LM could possibly either confuse them more or turn them off to the
> LilyPond community in general.

But isn´t that a bit insular? I think the answers on the list are not
only provided for the one who asked but for everybody, even the people
searching the mailing list archive later. So differentiating is okay,
but you should also have others in your mind.

Dominic

> I don't understand a lot of the code
> discussions on the list (especially ones with long strings of Scheme
> coding), but that doesn't keep me from using the list.
>
> Peace,
>
> Ralph
>
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Actually, MG is a state of brazil, to me.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:08 PM, James E. Bailey <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>> > no, AU is audio unit. It's a type of plugin for core audio on macintosh
>> > computers.
>> >
>> > And am I the only one who thinks of cars seeing MG?
>> >
>> >
>>
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