At 10:26 PM -0800 12/3/02, Brent Dax wrote:
There are a lot of words, Brent--that doesn't mean they're all appropriate in all situations.Andy Dougherty: # On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Leon Brocard wrote: # # > ps You might be concerned about the name. Well, CPAN has a module # > which matches /fuck/ too. However, if everyone really thinks # > it is a problem, I don't see a problem with s/fuck/funk/g # # Well, I'll speak up. I find the name needlessly crude and # offensive. I see no reason to use such a name and would # strongly prefer that Parrot didn't. Parrot is a collective # project representing a community of developers, and I, for # one, don't wish to be associated with needlessly crude and # offesnsive language.Since this thread has resurfaced, I'll speak up too. And my not-so-humble opinion is: It's just a word--get over it.
It's not our language to rename, though, so either the creator OKs it or it goes. If there's an acceptable alternative spelling, we can use that too.
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