I would agree, but in the software world, build is a process or
function and 'doing a build' is what you actually do to produce a
program, sometimes the command is even called 'build'.
In this case, it might be argued that asking if 'we did a build today'
is more correct?
It certainly 'feels' more correct in some cercumstances.
But then, if I was querying about a specific program, especially if it
was causing problems, I might well ask 'did you build it today or
yesterday'.
Personally, I'm not bothered about the change in use, it has gone on
for many 100s of years and is the reason English is such a widespread
and up-to-date language.
I had to look Eubonics up!
--
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to
protect me. -Banksy, street artist (b. 1974)
On 11 Aug 2008, at 08:19, Charles Harpole wrote:
Please help the English language maintain some
little bit of coherence and do not use "build" as
a noun, as in "Did we do a build today?"
Better and already established as English,
and not techno-speak, is "Did you build it today?"
Is Eubonics next?
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