On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 08:47 +1200, Phil Runciman wrote: > The Inuit have 13 terms for snow. Microsoft advocate DSLs. Why have > DSLs > if language does not matter? >
For that matter, the English have several terms for snow as well. snow flurry blizzard powder pack flakes crystals sleet slush And in some contexts (http://www.abc-of-snowboarding.com/snowtypes.asp) crud crust rime graupel hail That's 14. Inuits are unimaginative punks. ;) Cheers, Cliff -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
