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Re: lugnet.duplo/toolo
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Sun, 28 Mar 1999 01:17:51 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:

Would you prefer abbreviations?

No. Use fully spelled out names, they are easier to remember. We don't
all use "I" for variable names any more, either.

But my real point didn't come across very clearly. I think
lugnet.trains, with a charter that allows both system, and duplo, and
train club discussion, is a better way than a duplo group and a club
group and a system group. There is a limit to useful fragmentation.

Hack the server to alias stuff if you want to get it "right" from a
categorization perspective, but don't subdivide too far.

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(...) Also, from the AR standpoint, totally spelled-out names are virtually guaranteed to be forward-compatible with all future names. For example, imagine if it was 1989 and MT meant Model Team, and along came M:Tron. :) (...) I agree with that. (...) (26 years ago, 28-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) That's what I'm hoping people will say generally. Not too much talk of DUPLO trains in the lugnet.trains group anyway, right? (...) This one is a real challenge because of the gatewayed lego-robotics mailing list and because the current (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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