I agree, Dominic. It wasn't intended to be insular. On the other hand, when someone is responding to a question about Scheme or about "deep" (I don't even know the correct term) code, I don't see how one can, or if one should try to, make the discussion intelligible to a newbie.
Ralph On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Dominic Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 2008/8/12 Ralph Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Anyone else remember Booker T. and the . . . ? > > > > In any case, it might make sense to use at least some of the acronyms > > judiciously. There is a wide variety of users on this list, and many of > the > > discussions are, while not exclusive, at least aimed at a particular > > audience. I don't see why it wouldn't be a good idea to change the > > vocabulary based on the discussion and/or audience; actually, we already > do. > > > > If Graham or Valentin uses NR or LSR in a response to a question or > > statement of mine, I'll understand. If I'm responding to an apparent > newbie, > > using LM could possibly either confuse them more or turn them off to the > > LilyPond community in general. > > But isn´t that a bit insular? I think the answers on the list are not > only provided for the one who asked but for everybody, even the people > searching the mailing list archive later. So differentiating is okay, > but you should also have others in your mind. > > Dominic > > > > I don't understand a lot of the code > > discussions on the list (especially ones with long strings of Scheme > > coding), but that doesn't keep me from using the list. > > > > Peace, > > > > Ralph > > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > >> Actually, MG is a state of brazil, to me. > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:08 PM, James E. Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> > no, AU is audio unit. It's a type of plugin for core audio on > macintosh > >> > computers. > >> > > >> > And am I the only one who thinks of cars seeing MG? > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Han-Wen Nienhuys - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - > >> http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen<http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ehanwen> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> lilypond-user mailing list > >> lilypond-user@gnu.org > >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > > > > > -- > > Ralph Palmer > > Greenfield, MA > > USA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > lilypond-user@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > > -- Ralph Palmer Greenfield, MA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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