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[81.101.252.173]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o7-20020a05600c4fc700b004064ac107cfsm2215648wmq.39.2023.11.09.06.06.11 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 09 Nov 2023 06:06:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <314f0ace-24b8-408c-86cc-40721d27bea5@jguk.org> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 14:06:11 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird From: Jonny Grant Subject: Re: catenate vs concatenate To: Alejandro Colomar Cc: Paul Eggert , Carlos O'Donell , Zack Weinberg , GNU libc development , 'linux-man' References: <16cc15a4-cfc0-49f4-9ebf-ecf0901700ce@app.fastmail.com> <8ebee0fc-1e77-41d9-8feb-8c1083a30a93@cs.ucla.edu> Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,KAM_SHORT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On 09/11/2023 11:08, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hi Jonny, > > On Thu, Nov 09, 2023 at 10:13:24AM +0000, Jonny Grant wrote: >> https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/string_copying.7.html >> Rather than "catenation", in my experience "concatenation" is the common term to explain what it does. There are quite a few on that page. Probably other man pages too. > > Here's why: > > > Douglas McIlroy wrote (Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:22:05 -0500): >>> concatenate >> >> We began fighting this pomposity before v7. There has only been >> backsliding since.. >> "Catenate" is crisper, means the same thing, and concurs with the "cat" command. >> I invite you to join the battle for simplicity. > > Cheers, > Alex > Looks like it's already been discussed. Where a term is already in use, it's a question if to change the commonly used term. Technical documents seem to be mostly 'concatenate'. Looks like people have already decided on going with 'catenate'. Kind regards Jonny