From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-cvsserver.perl: encourage use of English module and qx() operator Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:55:42 -0700 Message-ID: <86y6gncp69.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <1271435565-32370-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto@cante.net> <8639yve4gk.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <87mxx3qr6y.fsf@jondo.cante.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Jari Aalto X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Apr 16 18:55:49 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O2opZ-0004c9-0y for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:55:49 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758617Ab0DPQzo (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:55:44 -0400 Received: from red.stonehenge.com ([208.79.95.2]:16596 "EHLO red.stonehenge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758606Ab0DPQzn (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:55:43 -0400 Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D8075CE22; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:55:42 -0700 (PDT) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.5.0; tzolkin = 12 Ahau; haab = 13 Pop In-Reply-To: <87mxx3qr6y.fsf@jondo.cante.net> (Jari Aalto's message of "Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:48:21 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (berkeley-unix) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Jari" == Jari Aalto writes: Jari> It would be interesting to know why not. These magic variables are hard Jari> to read and remember without consulting the manual pages. Because it was observed over time that the aliases were *also* hard to remember without consulting the manpages. :) So you were merely trading one problem for another, and since far more code is out there that does *not* use English than does, we agreed that use English was an interesting but failed experiment. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion