From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2008-04-04T13:37:53+09:00
Subject: Re: RUBY_IMPLEMENTATION

Imdad wrote:

> what abut RUBY_VM if not RUBY IMPLEMENTATION is cool

Variable names shouldn't abuse acronyms, and should sound generally like what an 
engineer would say out-loud. So "VM" is too short, and not pronounceable.

The living counter-example here is the "www" on website URIs. Nobody reviewed 
"www" with those rules in mind, and now all the radio on-air personalities must 
suffer with it. Sometimes they just say, "dub-dub-dub-dot"!

(Also, we all support progress towards a true compiler, so don't hallow the 
"virtual" in VM!)

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   Phlip