Request for feedback: deriving strategies syntax

[Simon Peyton Jones]

Personally I like 'bespoke'.

Simon

|  -----Original Message-----
|  From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of
|  Richard Eisenberg
|  Sent: 18 August 2016 04:14
|  To: Ryan Scott <ryan.gl.scott at gmail.com>
|  Cc: Andres Loeh <mail at andres-loeh.de>; GHC developers <ghc-
|  devs at haskell.org>
|  Subject: Re: Request for feedback: deriving strategies syntax
|  
|  
|  > On Aug 12, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Ryan Scott <ryan.gl.scott at gmail.com>
|  wrote:
|  >
|  > I can understand your reaction to the word "bespoke". I certainly
|  > never use it in daily conversation, and it's only from Richard's
|  > assurance (and from consulting a dictionary) that I feel confident
|  > about using it in this context.
|  
|  Oh dear. Please don't take my word for it. I (an American) do not use
|  the word in my native lexicon but instead adopted it after living in
|  England for several years. Would someone who uses this word natively
|  (e.g., someone who has lived in England for more than several years)
|  vouch for this usage?
|  
|  Richard
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