Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 14:48:17 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: Elliott Oti <e DOT oti AT stud DOT warande DOT ruu DOT nl>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: djgpp/allegro - help! - quick question
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 On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Elliott Oti wrote:

>Mark Habersack wrote:
>>>
>> >You're right of course.  But I say that that extra 'e' on the end is
>> >overrated!  Nobody pronounces it, and it doesn't even change the word's
>> >pronoununciatiation.  I say we start a campaign to get rid of all those
>> >useless e's on the end of words, starting with PALLET(E).  All in favor?
>> >
>> >:-)            <-- for those who missed the sarcasm of this post
>> And what about those theater/theatre, center/centre, colour/color differences?
>> Let us agree upon which one should we use here ;-)))) And programme/program,
>> optimisation/optimization? ;-))))) <grin>
>> 
>> Mark
>
>Good idea! And while we're at it let's throw away all these useless " ; " signs
>at the ends of statements in C programs -- no-one pronounces them either.
>
Hey, that's real something! I'd vote to reject all the '{/}' also!

Mark

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