From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/44137 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wes Hardaker Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: building a smarter gnus Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:35:02 -0800 Organization: Network Associates - NAI Labs Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1017787001 24709 127.0.0.1 (2 Apr 2002 22:36:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:36:41 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16sWtN-0006QP-00 for ; Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:36:41 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16sWsl-0006V4-00; Tue, 02 Apr 2002 16:36:03 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 02 Apr 2002 16:36:12 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA05764 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:36:00 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 16643 invoked by alias); 2 Apr 2002 22:35:47 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 16638 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2002 22:35:46 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO wanderer.hardakers.net) (@66.127.127.227) by gnus.org with SMTP; 2 Apr 2002 22:35:46 -0000 Original-Received: (from hardaker@localhost) by wanderer.hardakers.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g32MZ2i03545; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 14:35:02 -0800 Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-Face: #qW^}a%m*T^{A:Cp}$R\"38+d}41-Z}uU8,r%F#c#s:~Nzp0G9](s?,K49KJ]s"*7gvRgA SrAvQc4@/}L7Qc=w{)]ACO\R{LF@S{pXfojjjGg6c;q6{~C}CxC^^&~(F]`1W)%9j/iS/ IM",B1M.?{w8ckLTYD'`|kTr\i\cgY)P4 In-Reply-To: (prj@po.cwru.edu's message of "Tue, 02 Apr 2002 17:18:42 -0500") Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) XEmacs/21.5 (bamboo, i686-pc-linux) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44137 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44137 >>>>> On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 17:18:42 -0500, prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) said: Paul> That's how ShengHuo interpreted the request, but RMS didn't actually Paul> say that, at least not in the message ShengHuo quoted. Paul> Ahh. I do remember that discussion now. Silly then, silly now. Terminology is defined for particular applications so that a consistent method of conversing can be established. Using "backend" means we've defined a new term to mean the underpinnings of gnus and how it interacts with something else. If Lars says "please look at my new backend", I'm much more likely to go look for his code in the CVS tree. On the other hand, if he had said "please look at my back end" I'm much more likely to go and decode his xface ;-) Can someone send RMS a note and tell him "emacs" is not a word, could he please use "editor" instead? -- "Ninjas aren't dangerous. They're more afraid of you than you are of them."