[squeak-dev] The Trunk: Kernel-cmm.757.mcz
Frank Shearar
frank.shearar at gmail.com
Sat May 4 08:28:15 UTC 2013
On 4 May 2013 08:34, Colin Putney <colin at wiresong.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> "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.
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> No!
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> "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.
Eschew obfuscation! Espouse elucidation!
I back Colin's position with moderate strength; a compromise would be
to have both :) #fromNow would delegate to #hence, of course.
frank
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