Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!sactoh0!bfbreedl From: bfbreedl@sactoh0.UUCP (Bob F. Breedlove) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: GROK THIS! Summary: Cute Names/Obscure Terms Message-ID: <575@sactoh0.UUCP> Date: 3 Dec 88 15:38:55 GMT References: <0XZeQod38k-0MSz0V7@andrew.cmu.edu> <9046@smoke.BRL.MIL> Organization: Sacramento Public Access, Ca. USA Lines: 20 In article <9046@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes: > Bruce: Hidden routines named "hack" in software packages, examples in > documentation with names like "frodo" and other stuff like like > drive me nuts. > > Therapist: Why do you feel such names drive you nuts? > It's not the "cute names" so much that bothers me, it's terms like "grok" used in messages and other obscure references that inhibit understanding that drive ME nuts! When I'm working with a computer in a business application, I want a clear understanding of what a message -- especially an error message -- means! I don't want to have to refer to my vintage sci-fi collection or dictionary of american slang or old hippie friends to have to determine what just happened. -- Bob Breedlove SYSOP: BOBsBBS (916/929-7511) pacbell!sactoh0!bfbreedl