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Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c)
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c) |
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Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:37:55 -0400 |
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>> The conditionals "only if" and "if" are both unidirectional, whereas "if
>> and only if" is bidirectional. If you want to preserve the logic, it is
>> best to change "iff" to "if and only if". It's not nearly as gross as
>> changing the meaning would be.
> I think the logic can be preserved by changing iff to "if", and for any
> instances of "if" that do not mean "iff", there should be some wording
> like "... may be ... if ... " to indicate that there is not a
> bidirectional correspondence.
> In general, bidirectionality is assumed by most speakers of English (as
> opposed to mathematical logic) for a bare "if".
I think a better approach is to keep using `iff' (also known as `ssi' in
French), but to make it such that the user can click on it to get to the
Glossary where we add an entry for it.
We could later on use the same feature for some other terms (e.g. "fringe").
Stefan
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), (continued)
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), David Kastrup, 2007/08/05
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Richard Stallman, 2007/08/06
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Michael Olson, 2007/08/06
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Stephen Berman, 2007/08/07
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), David Kastrup, 2007/08/07
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Jason Rumney, 2007/08/07
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c),
Stefan Monnier <=
- RE: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Drew Adams, 2007/08/07
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Dieter Wilhelm, 2007/08/07
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/08/07
- RE: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Drew Adams, 2007/08/07
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Jason Rumney, 2007/08/07
- RE: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Drew Adams, 2007/08/07
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Richard Stallman, 2007/08/08
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Eli Zaretskii, 2007/08/07
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Dieter Wilhelm, 2007/08/08
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Eli Zaretskii, 2007/08/08