[Users] ETK vs. ET

[Erik Schnetter]

Clearly we need an FAQ for the ET, where this would be the first question.

-erik

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Ian Hinder <ian.hinder at aei.mpg.de> wrote:
>
> On 24 May 2012, at 15:49, Erik Schnetter wrote:
>
>> Since we also have CCTK (Cactus Computational ToolKit), shouldn't it
>> be EATK (Einstein Astrophysics ToolKit)?
>
> And leave the cosmologists out in the cold?
>
> I always wince when I see "ETK", since "toolkit" is one word, not two (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/toolkit?s=t).  I think ET is used much more frequently than ETK, and while this does conflict with the Einstein Telescope, hopefully it is clear from the context (just like it's clear that we're not talking about little brown men!)
>
>
>>
>> -erik
>>
>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Frank Loeffler <knarf at cct.lsu.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 08:44:05AM -0500, Steven R. Brandt wrote:
>>>> This may seem like a fussy point, but what is the correct abbreviation
>>>> for Einstein Toolkit? Is it ET or ETK? I've seen both used (and I'm
>>>> partial to ETK myself).
>>>
>>> I like ET more (despite the extra terrestrial). We also already use ET_*
>>> for our release tags.
>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
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