On 2006-01-08, Terry Hancock wrote: > > BTW, one of the most common programming spelling errors is > "deprecate" versus "depreciate" -- I wonder how many people > actually realize that both words exist, but have entirely > different meanings?
The words overlap in meaning. Both can mean to disparage or belittle. Some dictionaries give 'depreciate' as a definition of 'deprecate'. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, author | <http://cfaj.freeshell.org> Shell Scripting Recipes: | My code in this post, if any, A Problem-Solution Approach | is released under the 2005, Apress | GNU General Public Licence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
