Re: Cocoa witch's broom
Re: Cocoa witch's broom
- Subject: Re: Cocoa witch's broom
- From: Jeff Kelley <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:25:29 -0400
Agreed. You wouldn’t go to the hardware store and try to build something
using every product they carried.
As for the English, Wikipedia has an article for “Witch’s Broom” in English,
so I would go with the first (“Cocoa Witch’s Broom”). Not that I would build
the app.
Jeff Kelley
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Allyn Bauer <email@hidden> wrote:
> I'm not sure creating a program to use every method in Cocoa is such a
> great idea. What you should probably do instead is pick a small simple idea
> and implement it. Perhaps you can make an app that lists the native trees of
> Brazil and their diseases. :)
>
> Allyn
>
> On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Rodrigo Zanatta Silva wrote:
>
> > Hi. I am starting a project that will be a program to learn. My idea is
> use
> > every single function of Cocoa framework to show any behavior. For newbie
> > like me, same time is difficult read the Apple docs and know what the
> > function exact do, and what object I have to use in same cases.
> >
> > Ok, but firstly I have to chose a name. First I thought use "Cocoa with
> > hate", a joke because exist the site "Cocoa with love" (I am not hate
> Cocoa,
> > not all the time :P ). But I thought this a bit bad.
> >
> > My new idea was use the disease of cocoa, namely "witch's broom". Here in
> > Brazil, this is a pest and isn't a easy to prevent. There are two
> meanings
> > in this name. First is the joke because we have to "fight" with cocoa to
> > learn. The disease itself is a (don't know the correct english name for
> > this) huddle, congeries... of wood and leaves that look like a witch's
> > broom. <http://www.sierrapotomac.org/W_Needham/WitchesBroom_R041220.htm>
> And
> > this will be the program, a lot of thing in a small place.
> >
> > Witch's broom isn't disease only for cocoa. So "Witch's broom" itself
> isn't
> > a good name for a program. My ideas was:
> >
> > - Cocoa Witch's Broom (Do this the most correct?)
> > - Cocoa Witches Broom (Isn't it the correct?)
> > - Cocoa's With Broom (With Broom of cocoa)
> > - Cocoa's Witch's Broom
> > - Witch's Broom of Cocoa
> > - Witches Broom of Cocoa
> >
> > For you, English speaker, what is the most correct, The first is not the
> > correct? Witches is the plural? Give-me a idea for this.
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