Hey! On 05/08/2012 10:05 AM, Janko Mivšek wrote:
Hi Göran,
One quick note: STON has more chance to be adopted than Tirade simply because of the name. STON is closer to JSON in people's mind, while Tirade, what that means?
Do note that IMHO Tirade does not really compete with STON/JSON. As I think I wrote in the article I tend to think JSON trumphs STON but that Tirade may be more powerful and interesting in some Smalltalk specific cases.
For me it sounds something tyran-like , pretty non-attractive therefore. And because most of us don't have time to go to details, such outside things like name matters. We are also more and more choosing things based on their perception and not reality. More on their outside form than on their real value.
Hmmm, I don't think I agree that the name is all that important for this kind of highly *technical* packages. STON is closer to JSON which is good since it basically is a true superset and tries to fill the exact same niche. But I agree, for "high profile" packages naming is important - like I convinced Nicolas to rename JTalk to something nicer. Tirade was just a funny name based on the "cascade" nature of the format: "a long angry speech or scolding. Synonyms: diatribe, harangue, rant" I mean, don't people have a sense of humor? :)
So, to have bigger adoption rate we need to take care about naming things as well.
Hehe, well... I am sorry Janko, I don't think Tirade is such a bad name and I don't think it would be worth renaming either. Any other more technical thoughts/comments? regards, Göran