On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Andy Dougherty wrote: > 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.
Good for you, I agree (FWIW, since I haven't done much parrot dev - yet), and it's also unprofessional, which may not matter now but might down the road. Yes, the language is called that... do we have to (sorry) parrot it? Dave Isa. 40:31
