Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

Michael Geary Mike at DeleteThis.Geary.com
Tue Oct 7 03:26:35 EDT 2003


> Alex Martelli wrote:
> > [...] Fortunately, in either case, the rich
> > and stong suite of unit tests that surely accompanies such a
> > "mission-critical application" will easily detect the nefarious
> > deed and thus easily defang the nanoviruses' (nanovirii's?
> > nanovirorum...?) menace, [...]

Hans Nowak wrote:
> Hmm, if I recall correctly, in Latin the plural of 'virus' is 'virus'.
> (I like to write 'virii' myself, knowing that it's wrong, but it
> looks cute. :-)

Ah, but we're not speaking Latin here. :-)

In English, the plural of "virus" is "viruses":

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=virus

-Mike






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