From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Subject: Re: Cannot use NULL as identifier?
Date: 03 Jun 2001 12:25:48 +0200
Date: 2001-06-03T12:25:48+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <873d9h3ln7.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: newscache$zd97eg$za5$1@news.crc.com
"David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> writes:
> "Obsolescent" means "becoming obsolete."
> The "-cent" suffix is used on lots of words -- e.g.,
> "nascent" means "being born," etc.
IIRC, it's the '-sc-' which indicates that a process is still in its
beginning, the '-ent' is a variation of the present participle suffix
in Latin.
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Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-30 13:04 Cannot use NULL as identifier? McDoobie
2001-05-30 13:22 ` Ted Dennison
2001-05-30 13:27 ` Philip Anderson
2001-05-30 16:40 ` Pascal Obry
2001-05-31 11:49 ` Mats Karlssohn
2001-05-31 12:30 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2001-05-31 13:33 ` Mats Karlssohn
2001-05-31 16:26 ` Mario Amado Alves
2001-06-03 10:25 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2001-05-30 20:52 ` Florian Weimer
2001-05-30 13:32 ` Martin Dowie
2001-05-30 13:33 ` Petter Fryklund
2001-05-31 3:15 ` Randy Brukardt
2001-05-30 13:52 ` Marin David Condic
2001-05-31 2:09 ` Robert A Duff
2001-05-31 10:49 ` McDoobie
2001-05-31 15:12 ` Marin David Condic
2001-06-01 14:01 ` John English
2001-06-01 14:48 ` Ted Dennison
2001-06-01 15:57 ` John English
2001-06-02 6:21 ` Simon Wright
2001-06-01 15:03 ` Gary Scott
2001-06-04 13:46 ` Marin David Condic
2001-06-01 15:19 ` Marin David Condic
2001-06-01 15:26 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-06-01 16:16 ` David Gillon
2001-06-04 12:02 ` Stephen Leake
2001-06-04 17:54 ` tmoran
2001-06-04 18:51 ` Marin David Condic
2001-06-04 21:24 ` Paper or Plastic? Ted Dennison
2001-06-06 9:28 ` Cannot use NULL as identifier? Mats Karlssohn
2001-06-06 9:37 ` John English
2001-06-06 9:48 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2001-06-06 10:05 ` Mats Karlssohn
2001-06-05 8:37 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2001-06-05 14:14 ` Web Publishing was " Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
2001-06-06 8:12 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2001-05-30 13:58 ` Claude SIMON
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2001-05-30 21:45 Beard, Frank
2001-05-31 14:53 ` John English
2001-06-02 10:53 ` Florian Weimer
2001-06-04 18:16 Beard, Frank
2001-06-04 20:36 ` Robert A Duff
2001-06-04 22:48 Beard, Frank
2001-06-05 2:34 ` Robert A Duff
2001-06-05 17:23 Beard, Frank
2001-06-06 15:53 ` Tucker Taft
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