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From: "John Love-Jensen" <eljay@adobe.com>
To: "Harry Putnam" <reader@newsguy.com>, <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Confused about build proceedure srcdir vs objdir
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 04:59:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <005901c16078$7efa7610$c019f882@mneljaypc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m11yjnyej9.fsf@reader.newsguy.com>

Hi Harry,

>Calling what is really just a certain file, an `object' may be the `in
term' amongst programmers, but not at large.

When I talk to my auto-mechanic, and I describe the whatchamawhozits that
rubbing against the thingamabob... I understand why he becomes a bit
confused as to what is the actual problem.  I'm not savvy that the actual
terms are "fan belt" and "radiator grille".  I'm not a car guy.

The computer programmer jargon that you are complaining about *is* the
terminology for those computer programming components.  So you'll have to
excuse using computer programming terminology in regards to computer
programming.

I recommend any introductory computer science book from your local
university.

Sincerely,
--Eljay






  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-10-29  4:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-26 22:30 Harry Putnam
2001-10-27  2:14 ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-27 15:10   ` Harry Putnam
2001-10-28  1:13     ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-28  7:25       ` Harry Putnam
2001-10-28  7:37         ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-28  8:05           ` Harry Putnam
2001-10-28  8:58             ` lange92
2001-10-28  8:07           ` John Levon
2001-10-29  9:25             ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-29  4:59         ` John Love-Jensen [this message]
2001-10-29 10:10           ` Harry Putnam
     [not found] <3BDA7B75.119F779D@unitus.it>
2001-10-27  4:10 ` Harry Putnam
2001-10-27  8:08 Paolo Carlini

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