The Last Word: LW or TLW?

[flashjazzcat]

Since I've decided it's more "proper" to have "TLW" as the shorthand name for The Last Word (as referred to in the [enormous] manual), should I also change the name of the executable and config files? A small detail perhaps, but it's an extra keystroke...

[+Stephen]

Since I've decided it's more "proper" to have "TLW" as the shorthand name for The Last Word (as referred to in the [enormous] manual), should I also change the name of the executable and config files? A small detail perhaps, but it's an extra keystroke...

Properly listed your program would be "Last Word, The" so I voted for LW.???

 

Stephen Anderson

[+skr]

For me "LW" in first place means "LightWave" from NewTek, so I voted for "TLW". :-)

[Sub(Function(:))]

Since I've decided it's more "proper" to have "TLW" as the shorthand name for The Last Word (as referred to in the [enormous] manual), should I also change the name of the executable and config files? A small detail perhaps, but it's an extra keystroke...

 

Hmm....

 

The unix in me agrees with Stephen two letters, keep things short, mv=move, cp=copy....

 

But, on the other hand, I think three letters looks nicer than two.

also the three letters seem to alternate nicely when touch typing (left, right, left). But may be not so nicely for the French AZERTY layout.

 

Another point, for three letters, is the name chosen by Nolan Bushnell and his two partners before they decided on Atari was "Syzygy" which seem to have a link to the astronomy and the alignment of three planets. The name Syzygy was already taken, so we got the second choice name Atari, but the idea of three was kept in the Fuji logo. OK it's a bit cryptic

 

All in all I would go with the TLA - "TLW"

[flashjazzcat]

Hmm... interesting. Keep the votes coming: I'll go with whichever has the most on Sunday.

[+bf2k+]

LW... short, sweet & to the point.

[miker]

I vote for LW. Why Atari comps shouldn't have his own Lightwave?

[flashjazzcat]

I vote for LW too. It's been that way for ten years and having looked at some of the views expressed here I think it just looks right. So let's get the LW votes in!

[Rybags]

I think TLW sounds more "professional".

[andym00]

The Last Word sounds like the final chapter in the Last Ninja story, on his quest to find the final missing word from the holy scrolls of Raster where upon all the register pokery secrets of the universe will be revealed to him

 

TLW does sound better, it rolls off the tongue easier I think, mind you that might be just my tongue this morning

[puppetmark]

I think TLW sounds more "professional" too.

[Bryan]

I voted for TLW, but what if we play down the "The" and make it tLW.

[snicklin]

I voted for TLW because more words makes things easier to search for in Google.

[yorgle]

Since I've decided it's more "proper" to have "TLW" as the shorthand name for The Last Word (as referred to in the [enormous] manual), should I also change the name of the executable and config files? A small detail perhaps, but it's an extra keystroke...

 

If the first word (no pun intended) of the title was something other than the article "the" I'd say go with TLW. But since that's not the case, I think LW makes more sense.