Ordinal numbers

[J. Landman Gay]

On 04/07/2014 17:09, Mark Wieder wrote:
> +1 on that. In all my time using xtalk, I don't think I have ever
> used ordinal numbers other than "first" and "last". And those
> sparingly.

And backward compatibility? I do see a few stacks that use ordinals.

In case anyone is wondering, the reason they're there is because HC 
incorporated them, and it was the Apple team that decided to limit the 
number to ten. And yes, I still get requests for HC conversions (I'm 
working on one right now.) I have also seen LC stacks that use ordinals 
-- look in the forums some time.

Should we really limit the language based on "most popular usage?" If so 
then I'd like to remove all the long forms of various terms and use only 
the synonyms that I use the most. "BackgroundColor" is too long and I 
think we should ditch it and retain only "backColor", or even better, 
"bgColor". Also, no one uses "firstColor" and "secondColor" so let's 
drop those entirely.

Honestly, you guys, this is one of the silliest discussions I've seen. 
There is no reason to yank terms out of the language just because some 
people don't use them. And the reason it came up? Richmond had an 
awkward moment with a student. Whose problem is that?

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