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Re: Boolean

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Lew wrote:
> JLP wrote:
>> Lew a écrit :
>>>  JLP wrote:
>>>> Nota : Class names must start with a capital letter 
>>> Not "must", "should".
> 
>> Yes Lew. English is not my native language and i often confound must and
>> should.
> 
> Native language or not, anyone in the programming world should be familiar with the 
> distinction between these terms, as it is a major part of specification documentation, 
> e.g., all RFCs.
> 
> This is not a question of knowing English but of knowing technical terms.

To help you with this, in technical language "must" is like "il faut que". It is mandatory.

"Should" is more like "devoir". It is an obligation, but not a necessity.

-- 
Lew

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Boolean odie4penname@gmail.com - 2013-02-28 23:22 -0800
  Re: Boolean JLP <JLP@jlp.com> - 2013-03-01 09:18 +0100
    Re: Boolean odie4penname@gmail.com - 2013-03-01 06:42 -0800
      Re: Boolean Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-03-01 10:25 -0500
    Re: Boolean Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 11:21 -0800
      Re: Boolean JLP <JLP@jlp.com> - 2013-03-04 09:12 +0100
        Re: Boolean Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-03-04 11:38 -0800
          Re: Boolean Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-03-04 11:45 -0800
            Re: Boolean Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-03-04 15:06 -0800
              Re: Boolean JLP <JLP@jlp.com> - 2013-03-05 11:45 +0100
          Re: Boolean Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-06 20:19 -0500
            Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-07 08:50 +0000
              Re: Boolean Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2013-03-07 09:58 -0800
                Re: Boolean Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2013-03-07 19:24 +0100
                Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-07 19:11 +0000
                Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-07 19:21 +0000
                Re: Boolean Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2013-03-12 09:10 -0700
                Re: Boolean Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2013-03-12 09:54 -0700
                Re: Boolean markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-03-12 10:04 -0700
                Re: Boolean Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-03-12 12:02 -0700
              Re: Boolean Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-07 13:50 -0500
                Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-07 19:00 +0000
                Re: Boolean Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-07 14:10 -0500
                Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-07 19:25 +0000
              Re: Boolean Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-07 13:52 -0500
                Re: Boolean Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2013-03-07 23:27 +0100
                Re: Boolean Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-07 17:46 -0500
                Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-08 09:22 +0000
                Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-08 08:16 +0000
                Re: Boolean Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2013-03-08 10:30 +0100
                Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-08 15:00 +0000
                Re: Boolean Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2013-03-09 01:37 +0100
                Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-09 08:40 +0000
                Re: Boolean Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2013-03-09 09:54 +0100
                Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-09 09:08 +0000
                Re: Boolean Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2013-03-09 11:38 +0100
                Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-09 12:01 +0000
  Re: Boolean odie4penname@gmail.com - 2013-03-01 07:50 -0800
    Re: Boolean Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-03-01 11:14 -0500
  Re: Boolean Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-03-01 09:08 -0800
    Re: Boolean Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-03-01 18:26 +0100
      Re: Boolean lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-01 19:37 +0000
        Re: Boolean Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-03-01 21:44 +0100
        Re: Boolean Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-01 18:34 -0500
      Re: Boolean Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-01 18:33 -0500
      Re: Boolean Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-03-01 17:48 -0800
        Re: Boolean Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-03-02 04:03 +0100

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