David Abrahams wrote:
"Jonathan Turkanis"writes:
David Abrahams wrote:
"Jonathan Turkanis" writes:
if I refer to Boost.Build as "the Boost build system," is this a proper name or a description? How should it be capitalized?
I guess the most consistent thing would be to capitalize "Build" and leave the rest as you have written it.
Really? To me it seems a bit odd to treat the works "build" and "system" differently, when they are both components on the term "build system."
The standard for libraries is, e.g. "the Boost Bind library."
I know -- but "bind library" is not a common, generic term.
My instinct would have been to use either "Boost Build System" or "Boost build system."
When you mention consistency, do you mean consistency with the usage "Boost Xxxx library," in which "Boost" and the library name are capitalized but the word "library" isn't? To me the parallel doesn't seem very strong.
No, not very strong, but it's more consistent. Once you start calling the system "Boost.Build," the connection between "build" and "system" becomes a lot weaker
How? "Boost.Build" and "the Boost build system" still have different internal structure, despite the fact that they contain "Boost" and "build" at consecutive positions.
and "Boost Build system" seems to make more sense.
At any rate, I don't have a strong preference, and I'm happy to use whatever you think is best.
I don't have a strong preference either; the convention I cited is the only one I can come up with rationale for.
My rational is simple: in "Boost build system," Boost is an adjective (a proper one) and "build system" is a noun modified by the adjective. Capitalizing "Boost" and "build" but not "system" obscures the structure. But, again, I don't have a strong preference. Jonathan