On 03/03/2013, at 8:35 PM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/03/2013 11:11 AM, Monte Goulding wrote: >> On 03/03/2013, at 11:22 AM, Roger Eller <roger.e.el...@sealedair.com> wrote: >> >>> Do we also refer to it as LCIi? > > Hey, I've got a Macintosh LC475 in my attic in Scotland; maybe the ghost of > Steve will 'do' RunRev through > the courts. > >> I only said I imagine not all the rest y'all imagine.... Make up your own >> name for your own fork ;-) > > That's going to make things 'forking' confusing. > > It will end up like names for Karate styles . . . > > The other thing that does occur to me is whether Monte's fork having some > really fantastic features and Jacque's fork > having some different fantastic features will cause me to have a nervous > breakdown because I am unable to choose > between them, or, like a shop with a really revolting name just round the > corner here in Plovdiv, called "Accessorize", one can > cherry pick from different 'forks', 'distros' (ha,ha,ha; now there's a word > to conjure with) the features one most likes. > > Just for the sake of argument: my second PC is currently running Ubuntu 12.04 > with the 'Pantheon' window manager > and the 'Avant Window Manager' dock. That set up did not come out of one box, > but got cobbled together by me. > > ---------------------------------- > > Perhaps the answer is going to depend on where the mods in each fork lie . . . > > Obviously if they lie in the GUI they can be swapped around, > > If they are in that mysterious collection of stacks staring with 'rev' they > can be swapped around, albeit with less impunity that > plain GUI ones, > > And mods to the engine????? Probably no chance of mixing-and-matching there. > > --------------------------------- > > Certainly if there really are going to be 108 forks (and forks of forks); > > Big fleas have little fleas, > Upon their backs to bite 'em, > And little fleas have lesser fleas, > and so, ad infinitum. > > a coherent and comprehensible naming convention will have to be established, > otherwise nobody will stand a chance. > > I don't think "Livecode Richmond out of Jacque out of Klaus out of Monte out > of Edinburgh" is going to help much. > > "Adam begat CAIN who begat ENOCH who begat IRAD who begat MEHUJAEL who begat > METHUSAEL who begat LAMECH" > > I remember asking my Primary school teacher what that all meant and she went > bright red, because, poor dear, she hadn't a clue. > Although I am the father of 2 boys (whoops, young men), I still don't > understand how those Old Testament types did "it" > with not a woman in sight . . . LOL. Probably the answer lies hidden in that > unusual verb. > >> >> -- >> Monte Goulding >> >> M E R Goulding - software development services >> mergExt - There's an external for that! > > Probably not anymore - all those externals will get rolled into the 'stew'. > > And that is also a potential pitfall; so many ingredients in the stew that > the whole thing is completely tasteless > and just one great big, ugly mush. > > Richmond. > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding - software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
