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Re: Boolean

Date 2013-03-05 11:45 +0100
From JLP <JLP@jlp.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Boolean
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Le 05/03/2013 00:06, Lew a écrit :
> Lew wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
> 
> Okay, after checking with a friend who's from France, I discover I'm wrong. "Should" is like "devrais/t". So "You SHOULD eat" is "Vous devriez manger", and "You MUST eat" is "Il vous faut manger."
> 
> He explained that "Vous devez manger" is like "You MUST eat" also.
> 
> I don't speak French well so I might not have it exactly right.
> 
Thanks for French learning ;-) .
I recognize that my  fault is inexcusable (must/should) in technical terms.

must="doit" infinitive="devoir"
should="devrait" conditional time ,  infinitive="devoir" also . The
conditional time in French removes the mandatory aspect.

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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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