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Re: Matlab euphemisms in manual
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: Matlab euphemisms in manual |
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Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:37:58 -0500 |
On Jan 8, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> The manual has a few Matlab euphemisms like "alternative products to
> Octave" in the A.2 appendix. I find euphemisms a little silly, as if
> we were talking about Lord Voldemort or something. Can we remove them?
>
> - Jordi G. H.
I see another example in 20.5 of doc/interpreter/octave.pdf
"Note that certain competing software does not strictly follow this principle
and converts assumed zeros to numerical zeros in certain cases, while not doing
so in other cases. As of today, there are no intentions to mimic such behavior
in Octave."
I agree. Particularly since "Matlab" is mentioned in the manual on 34 different
pages, the euphemisms do look silly.
Ben