instead of "ambience" (was "another balloon picture")
Brad Fuller
brad at sonaural.com
Tue Feb 22 21:33:49 UTC 2005
Craig Latta wrote:
>
> > I do not use the world "environment" because it is undestood as a set
> > of tools (like in IDE). A kind so suitcase (or medium) to survive when
> > exposed to computers. :-)
>
> Actually, that isn't true everywhere in the computer world. In the
> Lisp and Smalltalk communities, for example, people have understood
> "environment" correctly (and in the way you're using "ambience") for a
> very long time. The meaning is very much like that evoked by
> "environmentalists" when describing the natural world.
>
> And you probably want to say "probably" or "actually" instead of
> "provably". :)
>
> > [I] really appreciate your comments!
>
> Sure thing. :)
sheesss... Latta... you're sure picky...
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