RE: Should the "RPG" language be renamed and to what?

For that additional reason I thought it was neat that WMCPA was held in Lake Geneva.

-Kurt

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenn Hopwood
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 7:59 AM
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Subject: Re: Should the "RPG" language be renamed and to what?

Scott,
Fellow Gygax devotee? I'm also at 33 years and counting.

Back on subject.
I agree that I don't have any issues with searching. Has anyone tried searching for RDP? That's another story...

Glenn

On 4/7/2011 4:19 PM, Scott Klement wrote:

I've been playing Role-Playing Games since 1978 (that's 33 years), and
they've been around longer than that. While Role-Playing Games might
be slightly newer than RPG, they're not _much_ newer.

As someone who both plays RPGs and codes in RPG, I have to say this:
Not once, have I had a problem with the terms getting mixed up. Even by Google.

Thank you for not calling it "Armadingdong."


On 4/7/2011 2:39 PM, Barbara Morris wrote:

If only we could go back 50(?) years and get "them" to pick a
different name for the programming language. While we're at it, we
should get them to make RPG cooler from the get-go. Or we should go
back 15(?) years and get "them" to pick a different name for Role Playing Games.

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