CVS difference for ai12s/ai12-0140-1.txt
--- ai12s/ai12-0140-1.txt 2015/07/14 02:29:41 1.6
+++ ai12s/ai12-0140-1.txt 2015/10/02 01:40:01 1.7
@@ -439,6 +439,24 @@
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+From: Bob Duff
+Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 9:10 PM
+
+> > "place".
+>
+> You mentioned this when we were discussing AI12-0003-1 (January 31,
+> 2015); I researched it and found that there were 20 normative
+> references to "at the place of" and more than 18 normative references
+> to "at the point of" (I stopped counting at that point, er place ;-).
+> As such, either is fine, and there doesn't seem to be anything to recommend
+> either.
+
+I just looked at RM-83, chapter 8, and it has several places that use "point"
+in that sense (surprisingly, to me). So I concede: You were right, I was
+wrong. I shall attempt to remember to quit harping on this point.
+
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+
From: Randy Brukardt
Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 7:51 PM
@@ -558,6 +576,17 @@
to work out an example to know one way or another, and since my budget for this
FY is exhausted, I'll do that once I get a new budget. (I'm only doing critical
tasks -- mainly the meeting minutes -- now.)
+
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+
+From: Bob Duff
+Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 9:15 PM
+
+> Whenever I read "visible", I think "directly visible". ...
+
+I have the same problem. Ada 83 had "direct visibility" and "visibility by
+selection". Tucker renamed the latter to just plain "visibility".
+I see why that makes sense, but it still trips me up from time to time.
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