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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ubc-cs!mala.bc.ca!epp
  2. From: epp@mala.bc.ca (Lorne Epp)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: words that peeve me
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul26.210407.602@mala.bc.ca>
  6. Date: 26 Jul 92 21:04:07 -0700
  7. References: <gate.BmwFoB1w164w@buscard.fidonet.org> <9541@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <1992Jul26.225248.27492@athena.mit.edu>
  8. Organization: Malaspina College
  9. Lines: 23
  10.  
  11. In article <1992Jul26.225248.27492@athena.mit.edu>, dks@athena.mit.edu (dks) writes:
  12. > In article <9541@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> michaeln@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
  13. >>
  14. >>In article BmwFoB1w164w@buscard.fidonet.org, dand@buscard.fidonet.org (Dan Davidson) writes:
  15. >>> Then, what do you think of *verbs* such as "finalize", "destruct",
  16. >>>"conference"... ?
  17. >>
  18. >>The other two I can live with, but "destruct"?
  19. > 
  20. > Yeah, "destruct."  
  21. > 
  22. >     Synonym: destrue
  23. >     Antonym: constroy
  24. > 
  25. > Get with the program!
  26. > 
  27.  
  28. In the C++ programming language "destructor" is the opposite of "constructor".
  29. I think it's a shame that they missed the chance to have a programming
  30. concept with the name "destroyer" - that would have been cool!
  31.  
  32. Lorne Epp
  33. epp@mala.bc.ca
  34.