Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!midway!midway.uchicago.edu!francis From: francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Neat Idea for a System Extension!!!! Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 21:07:53 GMT References: <1991Jun7.101930.28539@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1991Jun7.171145.5755@cs.ucla.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 23 In-Reply-To: tj@kona.cs.ucla.edu's message of 7 Jun 91 17: 11:45 GMT In article <1991Jun7.171145.5755@cs.ucla.edu> tj@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Tom Johnson) writes: >In article <1991Jun7.101930.28539@athena.cs.uga.edu> fore@athena.cs.uga.edu (Howard Fore) writes: >>P.S. Who's going to be the first to suggest some MacSlang for "system >> extension"? sext...syxt...synsion...sysext...sysion...se...??? >Ok, I'll try and take a crack at this one....Hmm.....how about "INIT"? There you go. Everybody calls it an INIT already; why should we change? Yes, I know--the users may get confused. So use the Correct Term in documentation, but don't bother when there's nobody here but us programmers. :-) -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | What do you get if you multiply 6 by 9? | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | --Ultimate Question | \============================================================================/