On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:01:43 +0100, Don wrote:

> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> first/last - 13: Jarrett, Bill, dsimcha, Sandeep, Chad, Tiago, Robert, Simen, Brian, Bill, Yigal, Gide,  Ary.

> Are there two Bills? (See first/last).

Maybe one of the Bills was meant to be my vote as I can't see my name anywhere.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
skype: derek.j.parnell

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:49:52 +0100, Danny Wilson wrote:

> We are programmers, and voting by counting messages manually?? Come on! :-)
> 
> Btw, I like head/last because it _isn't_ symmetrical and both 4 characters long. I'm the kind of programmer that lines up all my variable declerations, etc. Porbably because I do some design work now and then as well :-)
> 
> Anyway, I set this up in a minute (not that I knew the site, it's just the
> first google hit):
>    http://www.micropoll.com/akira/mpview/534034-136045
> 
> I can add more choises if needed, or Andrei could create his own poll or whatever.

Curious that first/last didn't get a mention in your poll?

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
skype: derek.j.parnell

I vote for first/last

Op Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:42:49 +0100 schreef Derek Parnell <derek@psych.ward>:

>
> Curious that first/last didn't get a mention in your poll?
>

Woops, sorry about that. Added it below the others, otherwise it messed up the voting count :-S

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> first/last - 13: Jarrett, Bill, dsimcha, Sandeep, Chad, Tiago, Robert, Simen, Brian, Bill, Yigal, Gide,  Ary.
> 
> head/toe - 9: Bill, dsimcha, Robert, Simen, Max, Don, Michel, Denis, Brian,
> 
> front/back - 15: dsimcha, Chad, Steve, Robert, Nick, BCS, Bill, BLS, Yigal, Daniel, Max, Don, Gide, Brian, Andrei.
> 
> head/last - 7: John, Chad, Sean, Nick, Yigal, Kazuhiro, Max.
> 
> There were other choices that were not as popular as the ones above, please don't be angry I didn't mention them all.
> 
> This vote was rather informal so I allowed myself to do a tally without having specified a deadline etc. So I'm not sure how much this all counts... should we just settle for front and back?

Pick one and stick with it.  That is all I would suggest.

If someone takes major offense to it, they could alias it to their preference, right?  I've been dabbling with Objective-C while waiting for the DMD/GDC/LDC thunking to end, so my D is getting slightly rusty.

Don wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> first/last - 13: Jarrett, Bill, dsimcha, Sandeep, Chad, Tiago, Robert, Simen, Brian, Bill, Yigal, Gide,  Ary.
>>
>> head/toe - 9: Bill, dsimcha, Robert, Simen, Max, Don, Michel, Denis, Brian,
>>
>> front/back - 15: dsimcha, Chad, Steve, Robert, Nick, BCS, Bill, BLS, Yigal, Daniel, Max, Don, Gide, Brian, Andrei.
>>
>> head/last - 7: John, Chad, Sean, Nick, Yigal, Kazuhiro, Max.
>>
>> There were other choices that were not as popular as the ones above, please don't be angry I didn't mention them all.
>>
>> This vote was rather informal so I allowed myself to do a tally without having specified a deadline etc. So I'm not sure how much this all counts... should we just settle for front and back?
>>
>>
>> Andrei
> 
> Are there two Bills? (See first/last).

That, together with Ary's change of heart, would only make the victory of front/back more of a landslide!

Andrei

Chris R Miller wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> first/last - 13: Jarrett, Bill, dsimcha, Sandeep, Chad, Tiago, Robert, Simen, Brian, Bill, Yigal, Gide,  Ary.
>>
>> head/toe - 9: Bill, dsimcha, Robert, Simen, Max, Don, Michel, Denis, Brian,
>>
>> front/back - 15: dsimcha, Chad, Steve, Robert, Nick, BCS, Bill, BLS, Yigal, Daniel, Max, Don, Gide, Brian, Andrei.
>>
>> head/last - 7: John, Chad, Sean, Nick, Yigal, Kazuhiro, Max.
>>
>> There were other choices that were not as popular as the ones above, please don't be angry I didn't mention them all.
>>
>> This vote was rather informal so I allowed myself to do a tally without having specified a deadline etc. So I'm not sure how much this all counts... should we just settle for front and back?
> 
> Pick one and stick with it.  That is all I would suggest.

It's pretty much what I tried with "toe".

Andrei

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Chris R Miller <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Pick one and stick with it.  That is all I would suggest.
>
> If someone takes major offense to it, they could alias it to their preference, right?

Not really, because these names will be used as members of hundreds of
different user-created range structs.
There's no way to make a generic alias for a member of even one struct
let alone hundreds of different ones.

--bb

== Quote from Andrei Alexandrescu (SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org)'s article
> Don wrote:
> > Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> >> first/last - 13: Jarrett, Bill, dsimcha, Sandeep, Chad, Tiago, Robert, Simen, Brian, Bill, Yigal, Gide,  Ary.
> >>
> >> head/toe - 9: Bill, dsimcha, Robert, Simen, Max, Don, Michel, Denis, Brian,
> >>
> >> front/back - 15: dsimcha, Chad, Steve, Robert, Nick, BCS, Bill, BLS, Yigal, Daniel, Max, Don, Gide, Brian, Andrei.
> >>
> >> head/last - 7: John, Chad, Sean, Nick, Yigal, Kazuhiro, Max.
> >>
> >> There were other choices that were not as popular as the ones above, please don't be angry I didn't mention them all.
> >>
> >> This vote was rather informal so I allowed myself to do a tally without having specified a deadline etc. So I'm not sure how much this all counts... should we just settle for front and back?
> >
> > Are there two Bills? (See first/last).
> That, together with Ary's change of heart, would only make the victory of front/back more of a landslide!

Seems I'm always the outlier ;-)


Sean

Sean Kelly wrote:
> == Quote from Andrei Alexandrescu (SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org)'s article
>> Don wrote:
>>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> first/last - 13: Jarrett, Bill, dsimcha, Sandeep, Chad, Tiago, Robert,
>>>> Simen, Brian, Bill, Yigal, Gide,  Ary.
>>>>
>>>> head/toe - 9: Bill, dsimcha, Robert, Simen, Max, Don, Michel, Denis,
>>>> Brian,
>>>>
>>>> front/back - 15: dsimcha, Chad, Steve, Robert, Nick, BCS, Bill, BLS,
>>>> Yigal, Daniel, Max, Don, Gide, Brian, Andrei.
>>>>
>>>> head/last - 7: John, Chad, Sean, Nick, Yigal, Kazuhiro, Max.
>>>>
>>>> There were other choices that were not as popular as the ones above,
>>>> please don't be angry I didn't mention them all.
>>>>
>>>> This vote was rather informal so I allowed myself to do a tally
>>>> without having specified a deadline etc. So I'm not sure how much this
>>>> all counts... should we just settle for front and back?
>>> Are there two Bills? (See first/last).
>> That, together with Ary's change of heart, would only make the victory
>> of front/back more of a landslide!
> 
> Seems I'm always the outlier ;-)

I also like head and last due to its establishment in the FP community; I didn't count my vote in because "we" wouldn't have won anyway.

Andrei