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I dunno. I'll just delete this nonsense wholesale.

simchona

That works too

12:42 AM

As general reference?

Nah I meant the answer. Though now that you mention it...

Oh, yeah, the answer sucks too. I think getting rid of the question might have been good earlier; but now that it has two answers, why not just leave it alone?

simchona

1:11 AM

@DavidWallace Multiple answers isn't criteria for leaving something alone...

but it may shade one's perception in a borderline case like this.

Q: "Latin vs English" vs "Greek vs English"

1:24 AM

-1

Someone recommended that taking Latin courses will help me improve my English grammar and speaking skills. As I was searching books on Amazon, I came across Greek which puzzled me wether to go with Latin or Greek. There are a number of kids in our community who have studied Greek and they seem to...

> First, I don't understand the difference between the two languages. Could someone explain the difference?

@Cerberus.

Also @jsbngs because I know he'll love the tags on this one.

Oh, you closed it, @Reg! Think of the fun I could have had answering it.

Re-post it on Cooking and answer it there.

KitFox

giggles from the hidey sack

@RegDwightѬſ道 tempting. Lingusitics maybe?

Or maybe there's some kind of Greek Culture SE site. That might be fun.

I'm sure the fine folks at Cooking will migrate it for you.

1:40 AM

@KitFox How long have you been hiding there? You snuck in like a fox.

KitFox

My heart leaps up when I behold
a pudding or a pie:
Or yummy things in cooking pans,
A Danish, tart, or shortcrust flan,
Custards creeping within their mold,
And shall I try
To wrap it up in marzipan
And I could wish my days no less
Bound each to each by sweet stickiness.

2

Where has Ed gone anyway?

Those math folks will flag anything.

Even whores.

KitFox

And penides, apparently.

OK. Good night!

@RegDwightѬſ道 Haha wtf.

CU

1:49 AM

Night!

in Mathematics, 3 mins ago, by RegDwight Ѭſ道

So whore presents and expert sex change are fine, but power genitalia is somehow flag-worthy? Ain't this the math room? Where's the logic?

@Cerberus I liked his choice of words. Not "I don't know the difference", but "I don't understand the difference".

So the difference has been pointed out to him ("Greek is one language, Latin another"), and he failed to understand it?

You sit there, look at Greek, then at Latin, then back at Greek again, and you see the difference, but you just don't understand it!

Oh, yes.

Like not understanding the difference between red and blue?

Perhaps.

1:52 AM

Or man and woman?

That's too philosophical.

By the way, do you understand the difference between loo and sink?

They have no letters in common?

So, no?

Then your kitchen must be a bit of a mess.

My kitchen is picture perfect.

1:55 AM

Funny, if you habitually confuse the two.

So why are you so openly sharing your most private habits with me like that?

What habit have I shared? You've shared yours.

Notice how I said "you", "your".

Well notice how Kit said "urine" and I didn't.

Funny how you can't say "urine" without saying "you", lest you end up with a female name.

Rin?

I didn't know that name.

Irene.

2:04 AM

Oh, instead of!

Right.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

2:18 AM

@davidw I wasn't being ironic.

Also @David, if a dev modifies a test to violate the spec, fine, the test can't catch that. But I was more thinking of the case where a new dev adds a field to the class and forgets the annotations

2:49 AM

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Sorry, I'm not sure what you're not being ironic about. Did I accuse you of something? And presumably, if the new developer adds a field to the class and forgets the annotations, then he/she will also forget to add that field to the list of those in the class that the test checks annotations for.

Anyway, not like it matters now. Clearly you believe it's a worthwhile test. I don't. I don't think we're likely to agree, but I think we've both spent enough time discussing the matter.