15 Jan
2009
15 Jan
'09
8:58 p.m.
Derek Elkins wrote:
No one doubts that there is room for improvement. However, the direction is better documentation, not different names. Better names is fine, but I have not heard any remotely convincing alternative for any of the above terms.
After thinking about it, I think you are right. But, there is a problem -- nobody is stepping up to write that documentation. If we can't get it, then perhaps we ought to fall back on better names. If we *can* get it, all the better, because these things need good docs, regardless of what they're called. I can see it now: a monoid by any other name would smell as sweet... -- John