Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 13:32:08 +0100 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 60 Message-ID: <2166962.mB4Gg9StQ4@PointedEars.de> References: <1f898f71-c031-4d09-982b-65e8a117dde6@googlegroups.com> <2d038517-e626-4952-83a8-04be16278fd2@googlegroups.com> <0e4b03c5-f76b-4736-8227-c744d25af653@googlegroups.com> <87r3hqxw37.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87fuy6xlfz.fsf@bsb.me.uk> Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1452429130 9160 eJwNwoERACEIA7CVFEvlxwEt+4/gX+KLk2eDTnj/xuoJKZzFzsrLIVBhVXaVpjrSZxXcAuwBL7gR8A== (10 Jan 2016 12:32:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 12:32:10 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.14.2 X-User-ID: eJwNycEBwCAIA8CVNBKQcUBg/xHa+x6Pbn0mShUOp7OLuAUJ7bdk7N8awDInCU8V81x4IxUeJ8CW1o1LbscHdmsVxQ== Cancel-Lock: sha1:LkAQLdrk1eBLA8NiS34+8HCfMOk= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwFwQkBACAIA8BKImxiHB7pH8E7KIV1jKBhMJLdEZR904eRYFkeD3trNbTkqU2n7NYcr/sBMXkR4g== Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:29207 Ben Bacarisse wrote: > "Evertjan." writes: >> Ben Bacarisse wrote on 09 Jan 2016 in >> comp.lang.javascript: >>> "Evertjan." writes: >>>> Aleksandro wrote on 09 Jan 2016 in >>>> comp.lang.javascript: >>>>> On 09/01/16 13:22, Evertjan. wrote: >>>>>> Aleksandro wrote on 09 Jan 2016 in comp.lang.javascript: Attribution _line_, *not* attribution novel. This could have been much better readable: > "Evertjan." wrote: >> Ben Bacarisse wrote: >>> "Evertjan." wrote: >>>> Aleksandro wrote: >>>>> Evertjan. wrote: >>>>>> Aleksandro wrote: >>>>>>> I'd say that blog post lacks way too many examples >>>>>> [..] to be called anything close to documentation >> Ofcourse I can guess what Alexandro means, >> but playing the devils advocate: >> what is so clear about it? > > I don't know. I know it is clear (to me) but not what makes it so. I > am not a linguist. In order to bring this off-topic thread¹ to a speedy conclusion: I am not a linguist either, but having studied the structure of languages (I am writing a translator software in my free time), I know more about them than the average user. I am not a native speaker of English, but fluent in it. And to me there is no mystery what this statement means. It can be broken down as follows: lacks examples = “examples are missing from it” (i.e., examples are not there that should have been there) lacks many examples = “a great number of examples is missing from it” lacks too many examples = “a great number of examples that is too great is missing from it” lacks way too many examples = “a great number of examples that is much too great [colloq. emphasis] is missing from it” HTH ___________ ¹ this is to be discussed in, e.g., instead -- PointedEars FAQ: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.