Re: [Elecraft] build is not a noun - OT

2008-08-12 Thread Tom Wylie
Hmm - in the UK we think Mathematics is plural - so you should be a MATHS major - but what do I know I was just a dumb cop! :-) Tom GM4FDM Fred Jensen wrote: David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: I would agree, but in the software world, build is a process or function and 'doing a build' is

Re: [Elecraft] build is not a noun - OT

2008-08-11 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
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

Re: [Elecraft] build is not a noun - OT

2008-08-11 Thread Peter N Spotts
Ah, where would we be without Websters? Build (n): form or mode of structure, especially bodily conformation of a person or animal (The use dates to 1667) ;-) Pete -- Peter N. Spotts -- KC1JB http://www.kc1jb.net (under construction) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] QRP-ARCI # 4174 | North American

Re: Re: [Elecraft] build is not a noun - OT

2008-08-11 Thread Fred Jensen
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: 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'. Ahh, come on folks, we're hams. International Q signals have a very