Re: [zzdev] Deprecation 2 (wuz Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] ZZ-space and using its dimensions

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

u sez
>"a deprecated *practice*", i.e. a certain way of doing something is
>disparaged in favor of the new one.
>
>So it's related.

Oh, definitely.  This is how language evolves!

It's just that we don't allow any English meanings to be *dropped*.
 We just keep *adding* words !-)

ChrzT


At 03:05 PM 7/16/00 +0300, you wrote:
>On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Ted Nelson wrote:
>> Okay, I give in.  The normal use of the word 'deprecated',
>>  meaning 'disparaged', is suspended in the programmers' world;
>>  here it means 'on the way out'.
>
>I think it's actually short for
>
>"a deprecated *practice*", i.e. a certain way of doing something is
>disparaged in favor of the new one.
>
>So it's related.
>
>	Tuomas
>
>> 
>> At 05:57 AM 7/16/00 +0300, you wrote:
>> >On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Ted Nelson wrote:
>> >> I'm not sure about this new Linuxy meaning of "deprecated"--
>> >>  in this context, you mean Obsolete ?-)
>> >
>> >Means "is a remnant of the past that will be removed from the current
>> >state soon but is there right now because someone might still be using
>> >it".
>> >
>> >For instance, the change from ! to / could've been handled so that first
>> >! is deprecated and / is introduced and for some time, both work and
>> >then, ! is removed and is free to be used for other purposes.
>> >
>> >	Tuomas
>> >
>> >
>> >
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Theodor Holm Nelson              
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Visiting Professor, University of Southampton, England
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