Re: [Chicken-users] Re: Documentation

[Harri Haataja]

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), google, 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 :)

--
it's  a matter of balance, i find.  if you write the code without thinking
through the design you are doomed, except for very trivial tasks.  if you think
through the design, and think, and think, and never code then you may have had
fun but don't end up with a program.            -- Bruce Ellis, on 9fans