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- From: johnw@jove.acs.unt.edu (John R. Williams)
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- Subject: Re: Constness/constancy.. let's not sink into Newspeak...
- Date: 08 Apr 1996 10:15:24 PDT
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- David Byrden (Goyra@iol.ie) wrote:
- > The draft standard uses 'constness' several times. There is already a
- > perfectly suitable English word, 'constancy', which removes the need for
- > this recently invented, rather crude word. Why give it the stamp of
- > approval?
-
- Constness and constancy are not the same. Specifically, constness is a
- means of enforcing constancy. Besides, forming new words like this is a
- time-honored tradition (as much as anything in the programming community
- can be considered 'time-honored', I suppose).
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