You can't write "we can determine whether x is big or little endian..."?
I can, but if it's part of a long paragraph discussing, er, endianness and various related issues, that can get really clumsy.
"endian" is one of those words that Just Isn't Right
Yeah, I'm kind of with you on that one.
A while ago I was writing a sentence which I couldn't complete (except in a very long and clunky manner) without using the word "unexpanded". I felt grubby for the rest of the afternoon. And I'm compelled to use host as a verb all the time :(
Ah, and here we have the split between Arts and Sciences, where the Arts people hold true to the belief that if you make up adjectives and nouns willy-nilly, as science people are wont to do, then you have only yourself to blame when your sentences don't work. So there. 8-p
Sadly yet to be fully developed in this country as it is in France, where they actually have an Academy that decides these things (like whether to accept "le hotdog" and "le Big Mac"). Sometimes I think this country is so backward.....
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Date: 2004-01-09 02:09 am (UTC)Is this coming from "big endian" and "little endian"?
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Date: 2004-01-09 02:11 am (UTC)Indeed.
So if I want to write something like "we can determine the endianness of x", using "end" just won't do.
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Date: 2004-01-09 02:16 am (UTC)Despite it being sensible geek language, "endian" is one of those words that Just Isn't Right. To me, at least.
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Date: 2004-01-09 03:24 am (UTC)I can, but if it's part of a long paragraph discussing, er, endianness and various related issues, that can get really clumsy.
"endian" is one of those words that Just Isn't Right
Yeah, I'm kind of with you on that one.
A while ago I was writing a sentence which I couldn't complete (except in a very long and clunky manner) without using the word "unexpanded". I felt grubby for the rest of the afternoon. And I'm compelled to use host as a verb all the time :(
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Date: 2004-01-09 06:16 am (UTC)I'm compelled to use host as a verb all the time
You'd get on with my grandad - I bet you think there's no such verb as "to stretcher off" either.
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Date: 2004-01-09 02:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-09 02:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-09 02:59 am (UTC)Let's face it, I like making words up willy-nilly :)
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Date: 2004-01-09 03:09 am (UTC)I'd want it if that's what it was going to be called.
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Date: 2004-01-09 03:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-09 03:54 am (UTC)And I wish to know whether I have legitimate grounds for taking issue with the person who's used the word "endianity" in the document I'm editing :)
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Date: 2004-01-09 02:16 am (UTC)