On Dec 27, 3:44 pm, Eelco <hoogendoorn.ee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Despite the fact that you mis-attributed that quote to me, im going to > be a little bit offended in the name of its actual author anyway. > Thats a lot of words to waste on your linguistic preferences. > Personally, I reserve the right to botch my non-native languages as > much as I please.
I hope you're just joking a bit because i have little respect for those who refuse to better themselves. If you are learning English as a second language then you have a legitimacy excuse, but at some point that excuse just becomes a lie. In any case, i apologize for mis- quoting you. > > I always though "run" was a perfect verb for "running" code... but who > > knows :) > > Im assuming the audience is familiar with an ipod, but not an IDE, or > programming in general. To their eyes, it looks like a 'play' button; I would be very careful about introducing new words, or borrowing words, to replace tried and true technical terms that have existed for along time. As a matter of fact, the BDFL make the point better than i ever could: GvR speaking about ABC's design: """ The ABC group assumed that the users had no prior computer experience (or were willing to forget it). Thus, alternative terminology was introduced that was considered more "newbie-friendly" than standard programming terms. For example: procedures were called "how-tos" and variables "locations". """ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
