Re: TAP diagnostic syntax proposal

[Jonathan T. Rockway]

I agree that "got" is generally a good word to avoid in formal writing, 
but in a testing protocol I think that it's an acceptable abbreviation 
for "the actual result".  Especially since "received" doesn't quite 
convey the right meaning here.  Maybe "expected data" and "actual data" 
(or "expected" and "actually") are better?  Or maybe "got" is fine; HTTP 
still works even though "Referer" is misspelled.

Has got/expected ever caused any confusion to anyone (including 
non-speakers of English)?  If so, why?

It's not a gift package delivered by FedEx. What sucks about "got"?
   


It's the grammatical equivalent of tucking your shirt tail into your underwear 
before trying to get a date at your family reunion.

-- c