On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 14:18, Beni Cherniavsky wrote:

> From this point of view, it's just as valuable to say that Israelis use
> "lekampel'" much more than "lehader" (because the later, while not bad,
> sounds too much like an optimizer not a compiler).  [This is just an
> example, I might be wrong here on other's usage].  The trouble with Hebrew
> word formation is that doing it right is like writing a brilliant hack.

Actually, although I'm not using it I like "LeHader" very much because
if used then instead of saying "Mitkampel" to describe a program that is
in a state where it compiles we can say "Kasher LeMehadrin"... :-)

Gilad.


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