From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Clinton Ebadi Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH]doco Manual Conventions Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:34:12 -0500 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200311191034.33432.clinton@unknownlamer.org> References: <200311172148.hAHLmAda008250@csserver.evansville.edu> <87brr9ffyo.fsf@zip.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069256365 26039 80.91.224.253 (19 Nov 2003 15:39:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:39:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 16:39:22 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMUQM-0004Fe-00 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:39:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AMVLa-0007Ic-Vi for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:38:30 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AMVJv-0006Yl-LR for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:36:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AMVJN-0006GR-G1 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:36:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [206.46.170.142] (helo=out004.verizon.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AMVJL-0006EB-Ul for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:36:12 -0500 Original-Received: from vsynth ([151.196.175.169]) by out004.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20031119153445.CMER17574.out004.verizon.net@vsynth>; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:34:45 -0600 Original-Received: from clinton by vsynth with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMULi-0004OA-00; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:34:34 -0500 Original-To: Kevin Ryde User-Agent: KMail/1.5.9 In-Reply-To: <87brr9ffyo.fsf@zip.com.au> Content-Disposition: inline X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out004.verizon.net from [151.196.175.169] at Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:34:45 -0600 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3074 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3074 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 18 November 2003 17:51, Kevin Ryde wrote: > Stephen Compall writes: > > * For some procedures, notably type predicates, we use "iff" to mean > > "if and only if". > > I'd be tempted to reword everywhere iff occurs, it's a rather obscure > abbreviation if you're not coming from a maths background. I think that continuing to use iff is a good idea; its usage is explained i= n=20 the manual so it is no more obscure than `=3D>' or '-|' are. =2D --=20 http://unknownlamer.org AIM:unknownlamer IRC:unknown_lamer@freenode#hprog I use Free Software because I value freedom over features. =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/u42BdgGh8PQDV0sRAsBXAKDS+NQ5PB5g2wNV/MBNd+jm62HwuACdGsdn ifqctlLrMCkAicwLTlENEzY=3D =3DKoET =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel