OT: The passing of Transcript (was Is there a more English-like Programming language than Transcript?)

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David,
Half a world away when "Revolution" programmers gather, they still 
speak of "Transcript" in the present tense!
Paul Looney
PS In San Dimas, California; where the 10, 210 and 57 converge - far 
from Wigan.

-----Original Message-----
From: david at dvglasgow.wanadoo.co.uk
To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
Sent: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: OT: The passing of Transcript (was Is there a more 
English-like Programming language than Transcript?)

    On 16 Aug 2006, at 3:15 am, Bridger Maxwell" <bridgeyman at gmail.com 
wrote: 
 
  > "You don't have to have a degree in programming to develop in > 
Revolution. 
  > Revolution uses an easy to understand English-based language also > 
called 
  > Revolution." That sounds pretty official that the language is no > 
longer 
 > called "Transcipt" anymore by the people at Runrev. 
 
  if 'Transcript' is now dead, (long live the Revolution), I am going to 
break cover and record my own footnote in Rev history. 
 
  Back in the early days, users were invited to suggest names for the 
language. I was working on a discourse analysis stack at the time - 
using transcripts, geddit? As I drove up the M6 past Wigan, scripting 
away in my head, 'Transcript' popped into my head as a possible name. I 
liked it because it implied the spanning of the platforms unique to the 
language. 
 
  Objections to 'Transcript' included that it was an ordinary English 
word with its own meaning. Perfectly reasonable point, but I was indeed 
chuffed when the Rev folks went for 'Transcript'. I don't have the 
skills to contribute to the development of Rev, or indeed much to this 
list, so this was one thing that made me feel I was supporting the 
whole Revolution thing. 
 
  Sadly, it was at a time when prizes weren't awarded for winning 
suggestions, so I will have to toast the passing of the name with my 
own single malt. 
 
  
 Best Wishes, 
 
 David Glasgow 
 Carlton Glasgow Partnership 
 
 http://www.i-psych.co.uk 
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