From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9679 invoked by alias); 20 May 2003 16:37:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 9612 invoked from network); 20 May 2003 16:37:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU) (128.250.1.22) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 20 May 2003 16:37:02 -0000 Received: from ceres.cs.mu.oz.au (mail@ceres.cs.mu.OZ.AU [128.250.33.10]) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU with ESMTP id CAA01199; Wed, 21 May 2003 02:36:56 +1000 (EST) Received: from fjh by ceres.cs.mu.oz.au with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19IA6h-0005ke-00; Wed, 21 May 2003 02:36:55 +1000 Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 16:43:00 -0000 From: Fergus Henderson To: Andrew Haley Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: "obvious" requirements Message-ID: <20030520163654.GA16094@ceres.cs.mu.oz.au> References: <20030518232511.GE13668@ftbfs.org> <20030519150617.GB13692@ftbfs.org> <3ECA34DA.7020904@ford.com> <16074.14292.726093.259881@cuddles.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16074.14292.726093.259881@cuddles.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-SW-Source: 2003-05/txt/msg01876.txt.bz2 On 20-May-2003, Andrew Haley wrote: > "anal" is not a vulgarity, but a reference to Sigmund Freud's ideas on > anality, first published in 1908. Freud wrote that people with "anal > character" were meticulous, parsimonious, and obstinate. Regardless of the academic history of this particular usage of the term, it nevertheless has a strongly vulgar connotation, and IMHO should be avoided in the GCC manual. There are many people who would look for any excuse to write GCC off as not a serious contender (maintained by a bunch of part-time amateurs who can't even write a proper manual, they would like to think) so it is important that the official GCC documentation be written in a serious tone. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit The University of Melbourne | of excellence is a lethal habit" WWW: | -- the last words of T. S. Garp.