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Scott Miller <scott_miller -at- CCMAIL -dot- COM> wrote:
>Dictionary definitions are not the point. "Master/slave" has obvious negative
>connotations, and I wouldn't use it no matter how correct it is. Same for
>"abort."
hmmm... we're moving into that dangerous "political" arena. I wouldn't use
"abort" because it doesn't sound like language that would naturally fit in
my documents, not because it has "obvious negative connotations". I don't
think the word "abort" has "obvious negative connotations".
-hil
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