Amit Jayant Patel (amitp@owlnet.rice.edu) wrote:
> In article <rfgCvut8L.A6z@netcom.com>,
> Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg@netcom.com> wrote:
> [silly posting deleted]
> >
> >I have only seen about 3 or four votes so far in favor of changing the name
> >of this newgroup to comp.std.x31j6-wg21.  I don't think that is really
> >enough yet to start getting serious about making the change.  We need
> >more people to express an opinion.

I vote against it.

Initially I liked the idea, because I too grow tired of the inappropriate
postings to this group.  However, I enjoy following work on the standard,
and I probably would not have found the group if it had originally been
named something without "c++" in it.

Trying to "hide" the group like this seems too much like building
an ivory tower to live in...
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In article <351m6p$scj@dawn.mmm.com> hopps@mmm.com (Kevin J Hopps) writes:
>   Initially I liked the idea, because I too grow tired of the inappropriate
>   postings to this group.  However, I enjoy following work on the standard,
>   and I probably would not have found the group if it had originally been
>   named something without "c++" in it.

Then that means you didn't look hard enough.  If you had REALLY been
interested you would've read about it somewhere in the comp.lang.c++ FAQ or
heard about it on that newsgroup at some point.

>   Trying to "hide" the group like this seems too much like building
>   an ivory tower to live in...

Not at all.  It's not like it's a "member's only" type of thing -- if
you're interested in the standard or in C++ you'll read the C++ FAQ at some
point and figure out what it's for.  It would be ivory towerism if it was
an invite-only mailing list.

Brian

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I would really not like to see the name change. I will freely admit to
reading the comp.std.c++ group before I ever knew what the standards
committee was designated "X3J16". Given that fact I was still quite
clear on the difference between this group and comp.lang.c++.
Personally, I'd rather spend a moment filtering out irrelevant
articles then exclude people that may have valuable input someday.

The name was even spelled out two ways in the last article I read:
> From: amitp@owlnet.rice.edu (Amit Jayant Patel)
> Subject: Re: CFD: comp.std.x3j16-wg21
...
> Okay, add my vote for comp.std.x31j6-wg21 !  :)  I didn't post before
...
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>Ima B. Ginner  writes:
>I'm using Acme C++ to write device drivers for toaster ovens.
>I can't figure out how to ...

I favor this change (to comp.std.x3j16-wg21) also.
-Luddy Harrison (harrison@csrd.uiuc.edu)

In article <rfgCvut8L.A6z@netcom.com>,
Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg@netcom.com> wrote:
[silly posting deleted]
>
>I have only seen about 3 or four votes so far in favor of changing the name
>of this newgroup to comp.std.x31j6-wg21.  I don't think that is really
>enough yet to start getting serious about making the change.  We need
>more people to express an opinion.

Okay, add my vote for comp.std.x31j6-wg21 !  :)  I didn't post before
because... I thought the C++ standards committee wasn't planning to
address the name of the newsgroup.

 - Amit
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