[OT] pippo (was Re: hg: lambda/lambda/langtools: Improved support for diagnostic during lambda conversion.)

[Paul Benedict]

Add that one to the Oracle/Sun Contributor Agreement.

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Maurizio Cimadamore
<maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com> wrote:
> From now on, I propose that serious lambda poster should only use the names
> 'Foonc', 'Lamb' and 'Sam' in their examples ;-)
>
> Maurizio
>
>
> On 23/06/10 16:53, Brian Goetz wrote:
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>> Sure, but this is a matter of importance that goes far beyond OpenJDK --
>> go for wikipedia!
>>
>> Start here:
>>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo
>>
>>
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>> On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:04 AM, Paul Benedict wrote:
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>>>
>>> I believe we need a wiki page on OpenJDK to retain posterity of this
>>> important matter :-)
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Osvaldo Doederlein<opinali at gmail.com>
>>>  wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> 2010/6/22 Jesse Kuhnert<jkuhnert at gmail.com>
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>>>>>
>>>>> Don't stop there, I want to hear ~all~ variations. =) (seriously)
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> If that's what you mean, FWIW, Goofy is "Pateta" in pt_BR. Pluto is the
>>>> same. But I've never seen these used in source code, not even in the
>>>> goofiest code :) likely to avoid the cost of paying royalties to Disney.
>>>>  Or
>>>> we just don't have this habit of using cartoon names, at least not as a
>>>> widespread, standard thing. When I find "funny" code it will have
>>>> identifiers named after totally random sources of inspiration:
>>>> profanity,
>>>> soccer teams, music lyrics, punchlines from TV humor programs...
>>>> whatever
>>>> suits the author. There is no standard idiom like the American foo/bar
>>>> that
>>>> serves so well the need of 1-2 unimportant identifiers... this is a
>>>> problem
>>>> that could be seriously slowing Brazil's progress in IT. Some people
>>>> adopt
>>>> foo/bar but this is cultural imperialism... must email our standards
>>>> institute ABNT, and perhaps our Academy of Letters, to create a native
>>>> foo/bar equivalent...
>>>>
>>>> A+
>>>> Osvaldo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, June 22, 2010, Michael Gaber<mic.gaber at googlemail.com>
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>> On 22.06.2010 20:50, Rémi Forax wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Le 22/06/2010 20:38, maurizio cimadamore a écrit :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 22/06/2010 19:28, maurizio cimadamore wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 22/06/2010 18:55, Alessio Stalla wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:22 PM,<maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> target method pippo
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Heh - that reveals something about your origins ;)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Indeed it does [I knew you would have noticed :-) ]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Maurizio
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For non-italian readers - following an (ehm) ancient tradiation,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> italian
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> programmers use to name things after walt disney cartoon character.
>>>>>>>> Put
>>>>>>>> in other words, Goofy ('pippo' in Italian) and Pluto are our Foo and
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bar
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maurizio
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In France, we use 'toto' and its variations 'titi' and 'tutu'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rémi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And in Germany bla, blubb and blubber are common besides foo et al
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry for the OT ;)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Peace,
>>>>>>>>>> Alessio
>>>>>>>>>>
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