Salute Simon, hi everybody here! Ian is scientific in his observations and has a valid point. I share his objection to the Haskell list as unnecessarily misleading newcomers which, I would add, sets precedents for others to be verbose. Then, creating a Beginner list is less fortunate than creating Announcements list for obvious and not so obvious reasons. There are things in this culture however that make the decision difficoult. What stands out is that announcements gained in the Haskell list much wider connotation and by renaming it into this name explicitly might kill this overinterpretation and thus couple of interesting oservations might not find its way to an audience. Ian's numbers tell however that this benefits speakers more than the listeners;-)
Haskell-Cafe though deserves respect on the same scienific ground - the share volume speeks for it! I agree with you Simon that the name Cafe created sort of spiritual component to the community which should not be underestimated. We are humans and even history of mathematics is a stream of fashion between couple of great discoveries. Cheers, -Andrzej _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe