RE: [PATCH 0/6] doc: replace "alice" and "bob" examples

>From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
>Sent: June 16, 2021 4:59 PM
>To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>; Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
>Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>; Jeff King <peff@peff.net>; Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>;
>Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>; Robert Karszniewicz <avoidr@posteo.de>; Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
>Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] doc: replace "alice" and "bob" examples
>
>Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > I suggested in [1] that the "alice" and "bob" examples in our
>> > documentation would be better written without a reference to such
>> > fictional characters, for reasons that have nothing to do with
>> > trying to bend over backwards to avoid any reference to people's
>> > gender. It just makes for better documentation.
>>
>> I actually do not mind cast of characters with concrete names,
>> especially when there are more than three parties involved and having
>> names for them help clarify the description.  But I agree with you
>> that Alice and Bob should be reserved for situations where appearance
>> of Eve would reasonably be anticipated, or the use of these two names
>> become distracting to those who happen to be aware how these
>> characters are often used in CS literature.
>>
>> Perhaps s/Alice/Tabby/ and s/Bob/Fido/ or something like that ;-)?
>
>I don't know anybody named Tabby or Fido (or at least any human).
>
>Maybe Mary and John, or Linda and James.