RE: RE. USAGE: stringified?

Subject: RE: RE. USAGE: stringified?
From: Emru Townsend <etownsen -at- Softimage -dot- com>
To: "'techwrl'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:12:53 -0500

At least "instantiate" has been around for some time -- MW10 lists its year
of origin as 1949 -- and isn't anywhere near as icky as the code warrior
abuse of "persist."

Emru Townsend, Information Developer | etownsen -at- softimage -dot- com
Softimage, Inc.
Black History Pages: http://purpleplanetmedia.com/bhp
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http://www.pcworld.com/top400/article/0,1361,15323+1+0,00.html


> -----Original Message-----
> From: krupp, marguerite [mailto:krupp_marguerite -at- emc -dot- com]
>
> Sounds like it's in the same category as some of my other favorites:
> "iconify" and "instantiate." YECCH!




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