[squeak-dev] The Trunk: Kernel-cmm.757.mcz

Colin Putney colin at wiresong.com
Sat May 4 07:34:53 UTC 2013


On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> "hence" is equally meaningful as "fromNow", but more old-world
> sounding.  I think "ago" and "fromNow" are more compatible with each
> other in terms of modern language use.
>

No!

"Hence" is the proper the proper and perfectly cromulent antonym for "ago."
The fact that many people use circumlocutions to compensate for a deficient
vocabulary does not mitigate this truth.

Colin
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