[Chicken-users] Re: Documentation

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Dan wrote:
> Just a small observation -- the propensity for long,
> complicated URL's isn't a win. Typing the full
> www.call/cc.org is a pain;
Why isn't your browser auto-completing what you type? 

>  No, local bookmarks
> don't cut it -- there's already too many of them.
>   
Why aren't your local bookmarks more organized?  The set of bookmarks 
that I use over and over and over again is very small.  The Chicken 
website is one of them.  Those I keep at the toplevel for easy access.  
Others, I have a large hierarchy, everything in its place.  When I don't 
use something for awhile, I dump it down deeper into the hierarchy.  I'd 
be more sympathetic to your issue if you weren't a programmer....

> Maybe it's just me, but I'd love shorter, memorable
> URL's.
>   

I do too, but the value isn't in personal use.  It's in chalkboards, 
overhead projectors, and casual conversations, when you're trying to get 
something to stick in a crowd's mind.  Actually 
"call-with-current-continuation.org" is rather easy for a Functional 
Programmer to remember... but most people don't know what FP is.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every