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Re: Boolean

Date 2013-03-12 09:54 -0700
From Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Boolean
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On 3/12/2013 9:10 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:21:00 +0000, lipska the kat <"nospam at
> neversurrender dot co dot uk"> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> Must and should are *not* technical terms, really, they are common
>> words. Granted the OP used them in a way that was technically incorrect
>
>       They are both.
>
>> but that doesn't make them technical terms does it?
>
>       Actually, it does make them technical terms.  Many words have
> specialised technical meanings.  In an RFC, "must" and "should" are
> technical terms.  Using anything other than the technical meaning is
> wrong.

Whether something is a technical term or not depends on context. If
someone is writing an RFC, they should use "must" and "should" they way
they are defined in that context, and readers will interpret them that way.

That does not make them technical terms in Usenet postings that are not
drafts of RFC material.

Patricia

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  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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