On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 09:41:46AM +1000, Michael Lake wrote:
> Peter Miller wrote:
>> I've been considering turning my fuzzy string compare function into a
>> library.
>> /**
>> * the fstrcmp function comparse two strings, to determine how
>> * simlar two strings appear.
>> */
>> Wouldn't it be great if apt-get install dns-utils
>> instead of saying
>> E: Couldn't find package dns-utils
>> it said something more useful, like
>> E: Couldn't find package dns-utils, did you mean dnsutils instead?
>
> or wouldn't it be great if fstrcmp was introspective and said:
> Couldn't understand comment "comparse two strings", did you mean
> "compare" or "can parse" :-)
comparse (v): To fuzzily compare two strings, as by pulling the answer out
of one's fundamental orifice. (port.: compare, arse)
Oh, sigmonster, I could kiss you.
- Matt
--
English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow
words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways
to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
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