From: daz <dooby@...10.karoo.co.uk>
Date: 2005-08-06T02:11:07+09:00
Subject: Re: new block notation (was: Re: ruby-dev summary 26468-26661)


Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> daz wrote:
>
> > Yes.  The second is the show-stopper:
>                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> I wonder what the English language will become after a couple decades
> more of misuse by computer scientists...
>

I'm not sure if you're requesting an apology or an excuse or both or neither ;)

If it helps, I'm not a CS and, being English, I abuse the language regularly.

>
> It's saddening, isn't it?,
>         nikolai
>

It would be if the intended meaning couldn't be inferred from the context.


daz