Prev: FAQ Topic - How do I prompt a "Save As" dialog for an accepted mime type? (2009-12-31)
Next: SproutCore--over 20000 lines of new code!
From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn on 1 Jan 2010 13:26 Christian Kirsch wrote: > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn schrieb: >> It has been BCP since JavaScript 1.2 (Netscape Navigator 3.0) that > > Bad coding practice? That this was not meant can be determined from the context in which it was said. > Best coding practice? Close enough. Best _Current_ Practice was meant. > Brutally concocted proposition? LOL > I really don't mind acronyms as long as they are commonplace. But since > you prefer "getElementById" over "$" in JavaScript, why not take the > time to spell out what you mean in human readable text? I assumed everyone interested would be familiar with it, and those who would not understand would not hesitate to ask. And I have been right. > BTW: The first hit google offers for BCP is "Best corporate publishing". Here it is "Airport parking with BCP" :) When it doubt, first try a dictionary entry, like <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCP> So you see it is an acronym that is quite commonplace after all. Happy New Year, BTW. PointedEars -- realism: HTML 4.01 Strict evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml -- Bjoern Hoehrmann |