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: 2001-11-23 18:41:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!btnet-peer1!btnet-peer0!btnet-peer!btnet!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!newshost.central.susx.ac.uk!news.bton.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: John English Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Meaning of the word "free" Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 00:30:24 +0000 Organization: University of Brighton Message-ID: <3BFEEA20.D9B4DB94@brighton.ac.uk> References: <5LHYDjy2Mcfg@eisner.encompasserve.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin-b6.bton.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: saturn.bton.ac.uk 1006561520 6100 194.81.199.186 (24 Nov 2001 00:25:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@bton.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Nov 2001 00:25:20 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en-gb] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16918 Date: 2001-11-24T00:25:20+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" ? Oh, definitely neither. Microsoft *charge* you for every bug they ship in their "bug free" code... Or possibly: "Special offer! Buy now while stocks last! FREE bugs with every copy of Windows XP purchased before 2275AD!" :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------- John English | mailto:je@brighton.ac.uk Senior Lecturer | http://www.comp.it.bton.ac.uk/je Dept. of Computing | ** NON-PROFIT CD FOR CS STUDENTS ** University of Brighton | -- see http://burks.bton.ac.uk -----------------------------------------------------------------