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Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c)
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Jason Rumney |
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Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c) |
Date: |
Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:31:21 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) |
Michael Olson wrote:
> 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".
- typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Dieter Wilhelm, 2007/08/05
- 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 <=
- Re: typo in accept-process-output (process.c), Stefan Monnier, 2007/08/07
- 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