From: Wes Groleau <wwgrol@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>
Subject: Re: Simple algorithmic question I hope :-)
Date: 1999/11/02
Date: 1999-11-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <381F1062.A564DAFD@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3819B903.869AE362@lanl.gov
> ..... Under this standard pronouncable acronyms have an initial
> capital, but the rest lower case, and unpronounceable ones all caps.
But what puzzles me is why some (not all) make a point of writing
"Fortran," yet continue to also write "COBOL" One such person has even
lectured us on the "pronounceable" rule. :-)
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1999-10-24 0:00 Simple algorithmic question I hope :-) SPick60809
1999-10-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-25 0:00 ` SPick60809
1999-10-25 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-10-26 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-10-26 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-10-26 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-10-28 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-28 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-10-29 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-29 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-10-29 0:00 ` William B. Clodius
1999-10-30 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-11-03 0:00 ` William B. Clodius
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Wes Groleau [this message]
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1999-10-31 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-28 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-10-31 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-31 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-10-31 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-11-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-03 0:00 ` William B. Clodius
1999-10-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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