Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 12:15:30AM +1030, Justin Johansson wrote:
Listen guys. "retro" in English, and given it's post-classical Latin
roots does not mean the same as "reverse".
The only difference I've ever heard is reverse is a verb, and retro
is an adjective.
retro rocket = rockets that fire in reverse
retrograde = an orbit that goes in reverse
If it had to change, the next best thing would probably be inReverse();
Do people find that agreeable?
Notwithstanding the untruth or otherwise of the following statement,
how sounds the semantics?
"Using D as a programming language is retrograde to using C++."
Does the writer of that statement actually mean reverse?
Cheers
Justin Johansson
