From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-09-25T00:35:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Please define these terms

Trans wrote:

> 
> Paul Lutus wrote:
>> Trans wrote:
>>
>> > I'm trying to codify some of these "things".
>>
>> s/codify/clarify/ ?
>>
>> Codifying gets you to where we are now, with terms, though useful to
>> insiders, that are too terse for decoding by nonspecialists. Clarifying
>> is what you seem to be after.
> 
> I mean codify, as in create a program:

Yes, I understand. That was my interpretation also. Programs are not
necessarily meant to clarify -- they are applications, not elucidations.

>> > So it isn't actaully
>> > padantic at all.
>>
>> s/padantic/pedantic/ !
> 
> Yea, well, "I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word
> one way." --Mark Twain

Nice quote, but it does seem to conflict with the goal of clarification.

>> > Also clearify terminology helps discussion.
>>
>> s/ ... what?
> 
> Also clarifying terminology helps discussion.

Sometimes.

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Paul Lutus
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