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From: David Bergman (davidb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-21 15:02:08


Daniel wrote:

> >>FWIW, I'm not. I type it often enough to be bothered by the
> completely
> >>unnecessary extra character.
> >
> >
> > Sheesh!
>
> I should have probably said that what would bother me isn't
> really the typing, but rather that my screenspace would be
> occupied by characters that convey no or very little
> additional information. I can't imagine anyone's life getting
> any easier by calling it "meta" instead of "mpl".

Well, my life would have been easier the first few times I encountered MPL.
Had no clue what that was refering to, whereas I would have a clue had it
been "meta"...

So, I guess the bottom-line is that "boost::algorithm:string" would not be
your first choice? ;-)

/David


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