Re: Review: Boost Test Library

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-02-16 10:47:34

--- In boost_at_y..., Kevlin Henney <kevlin_at_c...> wrote:
> In message <96jgdm+jihm_at_e...>, williamkempf_at_h... writes
> >Seriously, though, someone else coined the acronym, not myself.  
I'm 
> >not married to any name or acronym at this point, though there 
will 
> >be a lot of documentation to change if we go by a different 
> >name/acronym at this point, and it's just going to get worse.  
So... 
> >if anyone has a different name, or thinks that we should stick 
with 
> >Boost Thread Library but not use the acronym BTL, speak up now so 
I 
> >can proactively avoid work in the future :).
> 
> Boost Concurrency Library (BCL) or Boost Multi-threading Library 
(BML or
> BMTL)?

The names are fine, but we still have the question of whether or not 
we should be using acronyms.  With Boost in the name it's nearly 
impossible for us to conflict with other library names, but the 
acronyms are much more likely to collide with other acronyms already 
in use.  Even if this doesn't pose possible legal problems (does it?) 
it does make it more likely that the acronym will just confuse 
readers/users of the libraries.  The only compelling reason to keep 
them, as David Abrahams points out, is that the titles of the 
libraries are quite long and cumbersome for use in documentation and 
conversation.

Bill Kempf