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Re: Don't use the abbreviation "win" to refer to Windows.
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Andy Moreton |
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Re: Don't use the abbreviation "win" to refer to Windows. |
Date: |
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:44:29 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (windows-nt) |
On Mon 02 Jan 2012, Bruno Haible wrote:
> It's good to clean up some of these terms once in a decade, yes.
>
> I'm largely responsible of this issue: I started using "Woe32"
> instead of "Win32", out of frustration when porting GNU clisp to
> this platform, and mimicking the word "MS-DOG" found in Emacs.
> Then I mentioned it to RMS, who subsequently added some wording
> about it to the GNU Coding Standards. Some time later, I grew up
> and found it a bit childish; so I used this word only in comments
> and READMEs but not in function names or real code.
>
> The phrase "Windows Operating Environment" is new to me. Rarely seen.
Your suggestions seem pragmatic and more even handed than Paul's
proposed patch.
AndyM
Re: [PATCH] Don't use the abbreviation "win" to refer to Windows., Bruno Haible, 2012/01/02
Re: [PATCH] Don't use the abbreviation "win" to refer to Windows., Paul Eggert, 2012/01/04
Re: [PATCH] Don't use the abbreviation "win" to refer to Windows., Bruno Haible, 2012/01/06