Re: [RFC] Backend vs. back-end (was: 2 'echo' bash instructions produce a table)

[Alain . Cochard]

Ihor Radchenko writes on Mon 20 Feb 2023 10:07:

 > I looked further, and the situation is not as simple.
 > https://grammarhow.com/backend-back-end-or-back-end/, for example,
 > claims that only "back-end" is grammatically correct.
 > 
 > I am now thinking to do the following:
 > 1. Use "backend" in the code symbols
 > 2. Use "back-end" in docstrings and the manual.
 > 
 > Would it make sense?


It is not clear to me why it would be a problem to use 'backend' in
code symbols as well, but the only important thing for me as a user is
that the terminology be consistent throughout the documentation.  So
yes, it makes sense.

The link you provide is very convincing.  Will it still hold in 5 or
10 year from now?  (see end of
https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email.html)

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