From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Word usage
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:08:43 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vd3130p0.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2D3825EF7031471E922841F0A32E5A22@us.oracle.com
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:15:47 -0800 "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> > And Emacs doc should definitely use the former, not the latter.
>> > We should not suppose that Emacs users are familiar with
>> > math notation beyond the most basic (e.g. arithmetic or algebra).
>> > There is no reason to expect general users to be familiar with
>> > interval notation.
>>
>> color.el is clearly not intended for general users,
DA> Of course it is. Who is it excluding?
...
DA> It is entirely possible to follow the code and comments of color.el
DA> without necessarily being familiar with math interval notation - or
DA> at least it should be. (I assert that having still never seen the
DA> color.el code. ;-))
Seriously? I would have a lot of trouble writing these statements
together in the same page, never mind paragraph.
I suggest you look at the color.el source code. If you can't handle
math notation, you have no hope of understanding it.
DA> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor
DA> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle
Heh. Why don't you cite the Pareto principle to make the trifecta? It
applies as much as the other ones...
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-10 19:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-28 9:43 Word usage David Kastrup
2010-11-28 16:36 ` Drew Adams
2010-11-28 18:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-28 19:15 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-10 19:08 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2010-12-10 20:24 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-10 20:57 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-12-10 21:40 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-10 21:56 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-29 9:26 ` Julien Danjou
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