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Re: [PATCH 1/4] ptsname_r: new module


From: Gary V. Vaughan
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ptsname_r: new module
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:25:47 +0700

A minor nit:

On 9 Nov 2011, at 05:25, Karl Berry wrote:
>> +MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX
>> +5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.7.9, mingw, MSVC 9, 
>> BeOS.
>> @end itemize
> 
>    Could you please break the line after a comma? 
> 
> [snip]
> 
> (Also, I suggest MacOSX or address@hidden instead of MacOS X, for
> precisely the reason you cite.)

After Mac OS 9 (note spaces) came Mac OS X, where the X is a roman numeral,
pronounced `ten'.  Although it is common to see, e.g. Mac OS X 10.5 in
writing, it's redundant and technically incorrect.  Better to either drop
the X, or the version number, or use the cat name, e.g.:

   Mac OS 10.5
   Mac OS X version 10.5
   Mac OS X Leopard
   Mac OS Leopard

Otherwise when I'm reading Mac OS X 10.5, I read "Mac OS ten ten point five" :(

Irrespective of that, outside of Apple, you see the incorrect spacing and 
doubling
of `ten' frequently, so no one will misunderstand those mis-spellings :)

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)


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