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Date: 2012-04-26T03:08:12+02:00
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Le Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:14:44 +0200, Ludovic Brenta  =

<ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> a =C3=A9crit:

> Yannick Duch=C3=AAne writes on comp.lang.ada:
>> Le Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:30:07 +0200, Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com> =
a
>> =C3=A9crit:
>>> In Merriam-Webster Online, none of the definitions say that the verb=

>>> has negative connotations
>>
>> The very close French verb =C2=AB inciter =C2=BB carries none at leas=
t. I
>> believe the same about its English peer.
>
> Don't believe that.  Most English words that originate from French
> retained the etymological meaning from the middle ages (ultimately fro=
m
> Latin), which is usually much stronger than today's meaning.  IOW, the=

> meaning of the French words changed to become milder.

You are right, at least for many=E2=80=91many cases.

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=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
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[1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers=
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