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Subject:Re: Configurable vs. reconfigurable From:iain -at- hairydog -dot- co -dot- uk (Iain Harrison) To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:34 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
> You can either configure something or you can't - doesn't matter how
> many times you can change parameters.
Sorry to be pedantic, but that isn't always true. There are situations
where you only get one chance to configure, or only a few chances. Once
you have chosen, you are stuck with it.
Having said that, I'd still use configurable rather than reconfigurable.
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Iain
iain -at- hairydog -dot- co -dot- uk
iainh -at- cix -dot- co -dot- uk
