Despite my attempt to bring the discussion into the realm of objectivity, it is apparent that personal preference has won.
>>>On Friday, December 1, 2017 at 7:37:57 PM UTC-8, John H Palmieri wrote: > > I think it is much more important to fix bugs and to add new functionality > to Sage. > There is no reason that bug fixes and terminology fixes cannot coexist. >From a technical writing standpoint, they are not mutually exclusive. > >>> > Regarding consistency: > "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" -- Ralph Waldo > Emerson > "Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely > consistent people are the dead." – Huxley. > 'Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative': O. Wilde > Creativity is a good thing, but SageMath is not a novel. In the technical world it is better if a rocket launch always results in the consistency of a successful landing. >>> > Regarding your first sentence: do you really think that clarity is somehow > sacrificed by using "maths" instead of "math"? I am very dubious. > I was not claiming anything about sacrifice, just objective consistency. If you begin fixing your car with a spanner, you end with a spanner, not a wrench. > >>> > Finally, there is virtue in recognizing that Sage is supported by a > world-wide network of contributors, and people speak different languages > around the world (BTW: we welcome translations of Sage documentation to > more languages!). Even among those of us that speak English, there are > variations in how we speak it. Recognizing and supporting this is valuable, > just as is encouraging all other types of diversity in Sage, in > mathematics, in life. > Excellent :) > > > On Friday, December 1, 2017 at 4:46:35 PM UTC-8, DC wrote: >> >> For the sake of clarity, definite points can be made to unequivocally >> illustrate the need to take the very simple step and *be* *consistent*, >> by combing over this system and using the term "MATH" : >> >> Using the full word "mathematics" is a noble suggestion, and even >> acceptable to a point, however communicative human nature yearns for >> abbreviation (as seen clearly in many programming languages), so more than >> likely the proper abbreviation needs to be chosen. Objective consistency is >> the goal, not personal preference. >> >> Perhaps the absolute indication that the site needs to be revised to use >> the term "math" is the very premise and name of the product, SageMath. >> Either the term should remain consistent, or the name of the product must >> be changed to SageMaths. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
