Re: test directory

["Andy Stark" <astark@...>]

Lua list <lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br> writes:
>> Don't call them tests or examples, call them "cliches"
>
>Oh yeah, great, that's so much clearer!  </sarcasm>  :)

I know, it's a silly word really. I just thought it might be amusing to
adopt something from the Lego community!

The trouble with the existing words is that I think they would be a bit
misleading. If I see the word "test" then I take it to mean verifying that
the interpreter works or testing the codebase. If I see "examples", I
think Hello World, Fibonacci, 99 bottles of beer and the other usual
stuff. These things demonstrate the language but aren't really of any
great use in day-to-day programming. If I saw the word "cliche" or better
still "clicharium" on a website then I'd think "WHAT???" and be inclined
to find out what on earth it was.

The SQLite bug tracker has a link that says "Honeypot". It's actually just
a link to trap unwanted web spiders but I had to click the first time I
saw it. The name was too intriguing to ignore! If you don't like
Clicharium then how about Snippetry? Clippodrome? Excerpt-o-rama? (Sorry,
I'll shut up now... ;)

&.


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