> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Fairchild > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:32 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Virginia DOT outage > > Sighting vs. citing, homophones, etc.: > > Then there are all the Janus words, which are spelled the > same, pronounced the same, but have opposite meanings > Fortunately, there are not many. Here are a few in English: > 1. cleave - to stick together or to be torn apart > 2. oversight - watching over or failing to watch over > 3. sanction - to allow or to forbid > 4. sojourn - to travel or to stay in one place > 5. with - together as allies or against as enemies (the US > fought with Britain against Germany in WW2; the US fought > with Germany in WW2). > > What a language. > > Bill Fairchild
One of the many reasons that I prefer computer languages. They are not ambiguous. Well, they shouldn't be. I guess you could design one where the meaning of a statement is not defined unambiguously. But it is definately implemented unambiguously. Hum, or is that true? I've heard of cases where the semantics of a user written program changed due to a change in a compiler or the use of a different version of the compiler. <sign> -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
