On 18/04/2015 00:13, andrewneme...@gmail.com wrote: > Meanwhile: "Deprecate" it?? Has anyone in the tech community used an > English dictionary? To deprecate Http would mean to speak badly of > it. Or disapprove of it. I think you mean you want to abolish it, > pressure it out of existence, or create a disincentive to use it.
"Deprecate" is a term of art in the IT world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation http://www.thefreedictionary.com/deprecated 3. Computers To mark (a component of a software standard) as obsolete to warn against its use in the future so that it may be phased out. Thesaurus: An educated dinosaur Phil -- Philip Chee <phi...@aleytys.pc.my>, <philip.c...@gmail.com> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
