From: "Wayne E. Seguin" <wayneeseguin@...>
Date: 2007-07-11T00:33:59+09:00
Subject: Re: god 0.1.0 released

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On Jul 10, 2007, at 11:24 , pat eyler wrote:
> Even if you don't believe in a/the g/God, naming a software project  
> in a
> way that's nearly certain to offend some class of potential users  
> is probably
> a bad idea.  It reduces the potential number of users/contributors,  
> and
> may retard the spread of the software as well.

Or seriously hasten the spread via publicity over the name.

> The Ruby community has long held that names are important for methods
> -- they should be descriptive and help the programmer.  We've never  
> done
> a very good job with names for projects/libraries (at least in my  
> opinion),
> maybe it's time for us all to spend a little more time and effort  
> in that
> direction.

This particular project is very aptly named as it is designed to  
"play god" with the system.

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Wayne E. Seguin
Sr. Systems Architect & Systems Admin
wayneseguin@gmail.com




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