On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 02:25:15PM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> To some observers, this point of this rant might be lost, but this
> clarification might help :-

> "depreciation" is a formal process, often found in the evolution of open
> standards (including things like Linux, both the kernel and the various
> distributions). By people who write software, "depreciation" is a
> precise technical term, not an opinion.

I believe you're confusing depreciation with deprecation.  The technical
term that authors of standards and software use is deprecate, not
depreciate.

Cheers,
-mjg
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