OK, I give up. Why is "Warning: writing such code yourself is non-trivial !" a litotes?
I looked up "litotes" in Wikipedia at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litot es>. I can see how "not non- trivial" would be a litotes, but why is "non-trivial"? On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:51:07 -0500, Phil Smith III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot e: >"Wakser, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I believe you meant: NOT trivial - not non-trivial! > >Um, no...if I'd meant "NOT trivial" I would have written that. "Non-tri vial" is a litotes, and as such makes the case more strongly. > >...phsiii >======================== ========================= ============ ===========
