From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-01 15:33:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why not Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 17:30:18 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9rsidr$kio$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3BC5D730.DA950CC7@boeing.com> <9q4pa7$1ad$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BC6ACC8.23EF21BC@free.fr> <3BC71F54.1FFE78FA@boeing.com> <1KGx7.26476$ev2.35117@www.newsranger.com> <3BC7AD82.2A0CCCD4@acm.org> <9qhiqr$af0$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <1nDC7.180$6S7.92255364@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com> <9rjsak$bp3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9rmhb9$o1b$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BDEF0FE.B55FED9E@san.rr.com> <9rmuqi$es$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BDF1F13.4B99361C@san.rr.com> <9rnbtv$5i4$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BE03E54.57E0E6C8@san.rr.com> <3BE05304.5AB6862D@san.rr.com> <9rpqfr$duh$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BE1A1D5.A1DC08AE@san.rr.com> <9rs9b3$gv1$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BE1C98F.1EAD55D4@otelco.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1004653819 21080 136.170.200.133 (1 Nov 2001 22:30:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Nov 2001 22:30:19 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15600 Date: 2001-11-01T22:30:19+00:00 List-Id: Oh no! Its starting already! :-) I used to have an associate who spent large amounts of time coming up with acronyms for things on the project. Some of them were quite clever, but you had to wonder about the amount of time consumed in coming up with them & the tendency to come up with such twisted collections of words that it would obfuscate the original idea. I got the feeling that his partitioning of a system into subsystems was driven more by the fact that he could create a clever acronym out of it than because it represented some logical breakdown of the project. (Imagine block diagrams with "GRAPES" ---> "PRESS" ---> "WINE" kinds of relationships.) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Larry Hazel" wrote in message news:3BE1C98F.1EAD55D4@otelco.net... > The first thing you need is an attention grabbing name. How about > Basic Engineering & Environment Resources (BEER for short) >