On Tuesday, 8 February 2022 at 01:25:52 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Sorry, all those negations made my brain explode.
P.S. English has examples of negation issues, such as:
"I could care less."
which makes no sense at all, until you realize it's just a
shortened version of "I couldn't care less." The addition or
subtraction of the negation does not change the meaning, as the
brain doesn't do a good job recognizing it.
The phrases "not no-way", and "not no-how" use multiple
negations to emphasize, rather than negate.
I often say to my cat 'what are you doing' .. but what i really
mean is 'don't do that'.
by avoiding negation, I'm probably just confusing my cat as to
what i really meant.
mustuse -> I must use it? Why must i use it? How must I use it?
What happens if
i don't use it.
nodiscard -> don't discard it. nice and simple (just like 'don't
do that').
