Hi

There are some problems with the widespread naming for this idiom: =( )=

see Re^6: The NSFW Operator

But what does the community think is the most intuitive name?

I decided to improvise a poor mans poll to find an answer:

My willing servant, The Perlman¹ will show you some of the discussed alternatives, please choose the ones you like by upvoting.

Only upvotes are counted, multiple votes are possible.

I will update the results at least every day, if you wanna see them in realtime just downvote the other alternatives.

If you wanna suggest other alternatives, be free to do so. If you don't wanna risk being downvoted send me a msg, and the Perlman will add it.

Have fun! 8)

Cheers Rolf

UPDATE: I'm not sure if the rep-system is really reliable...

As of 2010-01-12 20:57 GMT "Rolex" said "Reputation: -1 (+3 -4)"
As of 2010-01-12 23:23 GMT "Rolex" said "Reputation: 0 (no significant downvotes)"

ARGH ... The up and downs are not displayed separately if the sum is not negative... (why?)

UPDATE: Final results "As of 2010-01-31 17:04 GMT"² are:

  • -3 (+10 -13) The Goatse operator
  • 3 (+11 -8) The Saturn operator
  • -7 (+6 -13) The Propeller Operator
  • -6 (+7 -13) The Biplane Operator
  • -6 (+5 -11) The "Mexican on a motorbike" operator
  • -14 (+1 -15) The "spread eagle" operator
  • -10 (+2 -12) The "flying lentil" operator
  • -2 (+7 -9) =( )= equals headless penquin or stoned camel
  • -5 (+4 -9) The "Eyepatch" operator
  • 6 (+11 -5) The "Rolex" operator
  • -5 (+5 -10) The "NSFW" operator
  • -5 (+4 -9) The Owl operator
  • -2 (+4 -6) The Uranus operator
  • 5 The squeeze operator.
  • 1 (+6 -5) The Operator-That-Must-Not-Be-Named
  • -1 (+5 -6) the Koala operator
  • 1 (+5 -4) The "Half-Bra" operator
  • -2 (+3 -5) The "Double Duck" operator
    • FOOTNOTES:

    1) a minor incarnation of my splitted personality...

    2) There hasn't been any activity lately, so I decided stopping updating the stats. Off course you can still continue to vote, I'll gonna check it with bigger intervalls from now on.

    In reply to Poll: How should the =( )= be called??? by LanX

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