On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Ram Dobson <[email protected]> wrote:
> ascendant DOES also mean ancestor. but that's a much less used meaning in > english... rising is what people think ascendant means. > > i wasn't aware of the second definition until i looked at the dictionary > myself... > > so ascendant is probably not the clearest choice. people use ancestor a > million times more for this purpose. Well... I didn't think I will launch such a debate on this point of the new module :-) I guess we can to use both then. ancestor to be compatible and ascendant because it's Perl, fun and i like the idea of English speakers finding out new definition... > > > On 8/4/2010 12:43 PM, Len Jaffe wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Rob Kinyon <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> Except "ascendant" means "rising". "ancestor" and "descendant" are the >> proper terms for tree-walking. "ascendant" is not the right term. >> >> >> Antecedant anybody? >> >> >> -- >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> 614-404-4214 >> Scoutmaster Troop 156 - www.bsatroop156.org <http://www.bsatroop156.org> >> >> Proprietor: http://www.theycomewithcheese.com/ - An Homage to Fromage >> > > > -- > > Ram Dobson > 301.594.5624 > Room 4238, 6001 executive blvd, rockville, md > > > _______________________________________________ > List: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dbix-class > IRC: irc.perl.org#dbix-class > SVN: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/bast/DBIx-Class/ > Searchable Archive: > http://www.grokbase.com/group/[email protected] >
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