Messages in this thread |  | | From | Mike Shaver <> | Subject | Re: ALPHA ambiguity | Date | Mon, 29 Apr 1996 12:59:35 -0400 (EDT) |
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Thus spake Taner Halicioglu: > On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, Mike Shaver wrote: > > > (Perhaps `Alpha quality' and `Digital AXP' to be even clearer?) > > What's wrong with "DecAlpha" (for the machine, of course), and leave > "Alpha" to describe alpha-stage development? You can always name the > directory "decalpha"... Just seems logical to me *shrug* > > (I only post this 'cuz I haven't seen it suggested yet - unless it got > lost somewhere ;-)
Because you've still got one ambiguity: Alpha could still mean either, and unless you're very conscious of the convention in use, you won't know. We need 2 terms, neither of which can be mistaken for the other, and which don't require knowledge of the other to understand.
We may have to use two words for each. =)
Mike
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