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On 07/03/13 17:58, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:50:11 +0000, lipska the kat<"nospam at
> neversurrender dot co dot uk">  wrote:
>
>> On 07/03/13 01:19, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 3/4/2013 2:38 PM, Lew wrote:
>>>> JLP wrote:
>>>>> Lew a écrit :
>>>>>> JLP wrote:
>>>>>>> Nota : Class names must start with a capital letter
>>>>>> Not "must", "should".
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> This is not a question of knowing English but of knowing technical terms.
>>
>> Must and should are not 'technical terms' for goodness sake.
>
>       In an RFC, they are.
>
>> "Technical terminology is the specialized vocabulary of any field"
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_terminology.
>>
>> Must and should are not "the specialized vocabulary" of any field, are they?
>
>       If they have a precise definition for use in the field, then they
> are.

Gene !!! my goodness, all the old faeces are here tonight aren't they.

Now listen *very carefully*

Must and should are *not* technical terms, really, they are common 
words. Granted the OP used them in a way that was technically incorrect 
but that doesn't make them technical terms does it?

Glad to see you back Gene, looking forward to many more opportunities to 
point out you misconceptions :-)

After all, that's what people do here isn't it?
And there's me thinking it was a language group.

lipska

-- 
Lipska the Kat©: Troll hunter, sandbox destroyer
and farscape dreamer of Aeryn Sun

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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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