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Re: Hurd vs. Google Summer of Code 2010
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Carl Fredrik Hammar |
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Re: Hurd vs. Google Summer of Code 2010 |
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:18:05 +0100 |
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Hi,
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 05:12:47AM +0100, olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 02:43:35PM +0100, Thomas Schwinge wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 08:02:30AM +0100, olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net
> > wrote:
>
> > > The results of my labour are available from
> > >
> > > http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/community/gsoc/
> >
> > I did some enhancements (I hope) and pushed them.
>
> Thanks for both the content enhancements, and for catching all those
> typos... (And the rather embarrassing non-typos.)
The typos outside of the organization application form was all me. I just
ran a spell checker on the files, which sometimes does not suggest the
right thing.
> I do have a couple of quibbles regarding some of the spelling changes
> though:
>
> - "microkernel" is actually the standard spelling; and while
> "micro-kernel" is sometimes used too, "micro kernel" is very odd. I
> actively object to this change.
>
> BTW, "userspace" is also pretty common, though "user space" is fine too.
> And I don't think "harddisk" is really wrong either, even if "hard disk"
> seems to be more common.
I just did a check on what seemed to be the most standard version on
google and wikipedia and went with that. For some reason I didn't check
it for microkernel, so I'll be reverting this. Answering y/n can get
mind numbing after a while...
Though in hindsight such changes are a bit silly.
> - "optimisation", "specialised", and "behaviour" are just as correct as
> the other spellings -- they are British English. (Admittedly, I'm not
> always consistent with BE vs. AE...)
Yes, misspelling is a misnomer here, but I do think that AE should be
standard spelling on the website since it is de facto standard for CS
documentation in general. Though I don't feel very strongly about it.
Regards,
Fredrik