From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6877: Documentation: "till" vs "until" in docstrings
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:53:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d3tgdo32.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.25.1282106341.28080.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:10:02 -0400 MON KEY <monkey@sandpframing.com> wrote:
MK> While it is considered reasonable by many[1] to substitute "till" for
MK> "until" I don't see this as something to promote in the docs esp.
MK> when there is a negligible economy in using of "till" instead of "until":
Seconded. I am repeating some of MON KEY's arguments (more concisely, I
hope) but "till" is harder to parse (being a less common alternative to
"until") and has more meanings in English.
Also many programmers are familiar with "until" as a flow control
keyword so it's a more natural word for them.
Ted
next parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-18 13:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.25.1282106341.28080.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-08-18 13:53 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2010-12-08 15:54 ` bug#6877: Documentation: "till" vs "until" in docstrings Drew Adams
2010-08-18 4:10 MON KEY
2010-08-18 15:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-06 22:29 ` Glenn Morris
[not found] ` <mailman.6.1282147749.8142.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-08-19 19:07 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-12-08 15:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
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