On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Gary Gregory <ggreg...@seagullsoftware.com> wrote: > Hi All: > > The more I think about it and read it, the more non-English and odd the word > "filesystem" feels to me. I would never write: 'Do this or that with the > filesystem.' It just sounds Dutch or German to me. That's what I get for > working with Dutch people :) >
I'm with Gary on this. Not only would I not write the above, I - and most other people I know - don't speak that way either. We speak as if they are the two words that they are. It's a file system, just like a video system or a stereo system, or some other kind of system. -- Martin Cooper > I am not the guardian of the English lanugage (and neither is Wikipedia), I > do not see compound nouns in English like as I do speakers of other languages > use them. > > About the Wikipedia entry: They do say "often also written as filesystem" but > so what? Wikipedia says a lot of things... > > I am kinda ranting on this one because I think names are very important. > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: Niall Pemberton [mailto:niall.pember...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 05:11 > To: Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release Commons IO 2.0 based on RC3 > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Gary Gregory > <ggreg...@seagullsoftware.com> wrote: >> I am looking around and I notice set of class names that are IMO incorrectly >> camel-cased: Filesystem* should be FileSystem because "filesystem" is not a >> word in English. > > Thats true but its often written as one - see wikipedia "A file system > (often also written as filesystem) is..." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system > > ...and I think it gives better emphasis that way. > > Also JCI was released with the same naming (which IO was initially > based on, before a complete refactoring): > > http://commons.apache.org/jci/apidocs/index.html > > Niall > > >> Gary Gregory >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Niall Pemberton [mailto:niall.pember...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 21:31 >> To: Commons Developers List >> Subject: [VOTE] Release Commons IO 2.0 based on RC3 >> >> I have prepared Commons IO 2.0 RC3. The main changes since RC2 are >> improvements to some tests which were causing intermittent failures in >> Gump & Continuum and JavaDoc improvements. For details about Continuum >> builds/failures, see: >> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0/IOFailures.html >> >> The distro is here: >> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0-rc3/ >> >> Release Notes: >> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0-rc3/RELEASE-NOTES.txt >> >> Site: >> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0-rc3/site/ >> >> Maven Stuff: >> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0-rc3/maven/ >> >> Some Notes: >> >> * There is one error on the clirr report - which is a false positive >> (a generic method that is erased) >> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0-rc3/site/clirr-report.html >> * Links to the JavaDoc versions on the site don't work (they will when >> its deployed to the right location) >> >> Thanks >> >> Niall > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
