From: Randall S. Becker Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:02:45 GMT Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/6] doc: replace "alice" and "bob" examples Message-ID: <011201d762f2$f82522f0$e86f68d0$@nexbridge.com> In-Reply-To: <60ca66304a0a0_6027208c8@natae.notmuch> >From: Felipe Contreras >Sent: June 16, 2021 4:59 PM >To: Junio C Hamano ; Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason >Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; Derrick Stolee ; Jeff King ; Felipe Contreras ; >Bagas Sanjaya ; Robert Karszniewicz ; Emily Shaffer >Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] doc: replace "alice" and "bob" examples > >Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 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. Stevie, Jan, Pat, Chris, Randy, and Sue (if you're a Johnny Cash fan) I have used some of those in docs.