>From: "David B. Held" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "David Abrahams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > "Victor A. Wagner, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > PC run amok > > > > No, you can't blame that on a malfunctioning PC. That was just me > > being intentionally considerate. > > In this case, I suspect PC == Politically Correct. However, when talking > about a specific individual, and not an anonymous person, I think it is > quite > appropriate to use the correct gender, if it is known. I suspect Victor > would object to someone calling him a "her", and then ascribing any > corrections to political correctness. ;)
I'm reminded of when Aleksey said (regarding the MPL paper, which uses "she"), that "MPL user is "she" ". I was tempted to say "Name one." :) Regards, Terje _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
