From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,811674947553ef14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-22 01:05:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BFC5861.D3E2B270@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Meaning of the word "free" References: <5LHYDjy2Mcfg@eisner.encompasserve.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 01:44:21 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.208.30 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1006393461 209.86.208.30 (Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:44:21 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:44:21 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:40:07 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16832 Date: 2001-11-22T01:44:21+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > > Since certain people here in comp.lang.ada say that the English > word "free" is overloaded, perhaps someone could answer a slightly > off-topic question. The choices in French, as I understand it, are > "libre" and "gratis". Which one of those corresponds to the use of > "free" in the English phrase "bug-free" ? Since "bug free" implies freedom from bugs, similar to freedom from oppression, I would guess "libre". However, this really seems to be more like a 3rd overloading of the word. The French would actually say something along the lines of "sans insects". -- Jeff Carter "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time." Monty Python & the Holy Grail