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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID, TO_MALFORMED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 115aec,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid115aec,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public X-Google-Thread: 101b33,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid101b33,public X-Google-Thread: f849b,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf849b,public From: ruthc@sharra.nospam.demon.co.uk (Ruth Ivimey-Cook) Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/01/31 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 439055421 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: sharra.demon.co.uk:158.152.113.135 References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369CBD05.79D0@telusplanet.net> <369CBDA8.D3673C68@pwfl.com> <78j0jo$705@enquirer.corp.adobe.com> <36AF19D8.9776B2D1@snet.net> <36AF6C8C.C0EE74E@roadrunner.com> <36B0A237.EDAB57DE@pwfl.com> To: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java,comp.java.advocacy,comp.realtime,comp.arch.embedded,comp.object,comp.lang.java.programmer X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 917801779 disrupt:26319 NO-IDENT sharra.demon.co.uk:158.152.113.135 Organization: At Home Reply-To: ruthc@sharra.demove.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java,comp.java.advocacy,comp.realtime,comp.arch.embedded,comp.object,comp.lang.java.programmer Date: 1999-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <36B0A237.EDAB57DE@pwfl.com>, condicma@bogon.pwfl.com says... > Jay O'Connor wrote: > > > > > him / her = hes > > > she / he = se > > > > > > Problem solved. > > > > No... > > > > him / her = im/er > > > > she / he = s/1 = s > > I prefer the solution used by several large companies: alternate using he and she, or Jack and Jill if using names, for each significant chunk (chapter, paragraph -- whatever workd). It seems odd at first but it reads quite well. I do get irritated by books that use male names thougout, though. Ruth -- Ruth Ivimey-Cook Cambridge, UK