Re: manual: Why use 'maude' as the example program name?

[Jonas Thiem]

On 02/25/2018 06:20 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Kang-Che" == Kang-Che Sung <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Kang-Che> And I really wonder one thing: Why these obscure name had been
> Kang-Che> chosen, instead of having a name like "myprog", "foo" or
> Kang-Che> "fooprog" that is more obvious as a placeholder?
> 
> It's easily distinguished from any ordinary text and I have a dislike of
> "foo" as an example.  Also Maude was the name of my dog.

Disclaimer: I haven't read this part of the docs myself. But for what
it's worth, I think Maude looks a bit like a misspelling of Make and
doesn't stick out that well, compared to "exampleprog" or something.
Also, I personally would suggest it's good if it's obvious from the name
what it is, and what it's not. (e.g. Maude could be mistaken as a
reference to an actual tool or some technical term the reader might
think they have missed) Not saying it needs to be changed, just throwing
in another impression.

Regards,
Jonas Thiem