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From: Jim Rogers <jrogers@omnitech.com>
Subject: Re: Language Challenge 2000
Date: 2000/02/01
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In article <877078$km8$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  David C. Hoos, Sr. <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> wrote:
> In article <876rjf$h1r$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> Just a couple of small "nits" about language.
> The words you were trying to use are:
> criterion -- singular
> criteria  -- plural
> They're Greek, and the "ium" ending is from Latin.
> So.. you probably meant to say:
> If this is your only criterion for language choice then you should
> always use assembler.
>
> In many problem domains there are many other criteris, which is the
> reason there are so many different languages.
>

My English language compiler failed to flag a syntax error.
Sorry about the improper mixture of Greek and Latin suffixes
(or is it suffixi?). :-)

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Jim Rogers
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA


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