On Friday 15 December 2006 15:05, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > It's a pun on the word decline. Mr. Twain (known mainly for his > books) is using two meanings on the word decline simultaneously. 1. > to refuse and 2. the alter a noun or adjective to indicate it's role > in a sentence, only used in some languages. It's rather creative but > I found it a little confusing. I only speak English with any > proficiency and it doesn't decline adjectives; I'm guessing German > does.
According to German friends of mine, it not only does, but tries to handle every possible case that could ever come up anywhere, anytime. If you look at the rules of German grammar, you get a distinct feeling that the designers of C++ tried their very best to emulate German in a programming language. And failed. Badly. :-) alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
