On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 3:17 PM Tim Delaney <timothy.c.dela...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps "living API" analogous to "living document". Much more positive > connotations ... > Perhaps, but that's pretty much coining a new term, which we would then have to explain. And since the opposite would be "dead API", what is a dead API exactly? And doesn't it follow that all APIs are living? If we stick with unstable, we're adopting a term that's in use by at least one other language community (Rust), and the slightly negative connotation is welcome -- people should think twice before using unstable APIs. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/>
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