On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 7:54 AM Karsten Hilbert <karsten.hilb...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Am Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:00:16PM +1100 schrieb Chris Angelico: > > > > Am Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:20:19AM +1100 schrieb Chris Angelico: > > > > > > > Many operations in computing are fully reversible. After you do > > > > something, you can undo it. After you assign, you can unassign. And > > > > after you ite, you can unite! > > > > > > I wonder whether Japanese programmers would agree. > > > > Not sure. My knowledge of Japanese is extremely scanty. Can you elaborate? > > ite is the -te form (in some uses like a gerundium) of aru > (to go, to walk) > > so, to un-go, revert-the-having-gone-ness, I genuinely wonder ... > > On the other hand, Japanese is full of wondrous word-play at > levels undreamt of by us ASCIInarians. > Ah ha, neat :) Thank you.
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