[ Registry tweaks ] ( a fresh idea)

[Huw Powell]

"Mullen, Shaun" wrote:
> 
> At the risk of being a noodge (nudge?), listing the cars by platform
> confuses, not clarifies.  This is supposed to be a registry, not an
> engineering thesis.

it is not "supposed" to be anything... it's what Mark built and even as
it is it is certainly very cool.  just wanted to mention that because
without what must have been many hours of his work we would not even be
discussing an actual working system!
 
> In everyday conversation and in q-list messages, we talk about our cars in
> familiar model nomenclature, not manufacturer-speak.

Hmmmm.  We do?  I suppose so.  How do you tell a 1985 80 from a 1988
80?  one is type 85, one is type 89... to say nothing of the type $$!

-- 
Huw Powell

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