Call for signatories for J2
Robert Brewer
fumanchu at amor.org
Thu Aug 26 11:11:53 EDT 2004
Paul McGuire wrote:
> "12 @ $1.50" is shorthand for "12 at $1.50 per item" was what
> I meant to say
> before I was interrupted!
>
> "per" as a Latin word would help its adoption beyond English-speaking
> regions. It's meaning as "by" is consistent with the
> decorator notion that
> foo() is modified _by_ the decorator methods before it is
> fully defined.
>
> And Alex cites "per"s three-letter-ness, as a nice parallel to the
> corresponding "def".
I think I can mention that "per" has multiple advocates now (without
alterting the document so much that we would need to re-sign). But
that's about all I can do at this point. :/
Robert Brewer
MIS
Amor Ministries
fumanchu at amor.org
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