On Sunday 20 September 2015 10:19:14 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:34:57 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Strictly speaking, you don't have to do that with UUIDs as you can > > > > change it to match the old one. That big advantage of labels is that > > > > they are human-readable. > > > > > > Well I can read UUIDs, they are hex gibberish but still readable. > > > > > > Labels are human *understandable* > > > > Well, it isn't often I can call someone else a pedant, but now's my big > > chance so I'm taking it - pedant! > > One of the OED definitions of readable is "interesting or pleasant to > read". I stand by my original statement, argumentative pedants > notwithstanding. :P
I agree with you. It's Alan I called a pedant for trying to split hairs. I had a trial version of OED* on my mobile, but it was not good so I've reverted to Chambers, which includes "legible" as its first definition of Readable, and "clear enough to be deciphered" as its first definition of Legible. * Actually I think it was the ODE (the Oxford Dictionary of English), which has been criticised widely and is not their best dictionary. -- Rgds Peter
