Thus it was written in the epistle of Tom Christiansen,
> >Doesn't print 'GLOB' for me, but that's because a lot of real-world systems
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> >haven't hit 5.6.0 (I'm guessing, not absolutely sure that's the cause),
>
> If you look at it, you'll notice that "real" is here being used as
> something of a pejorative, and, as such, can become a negative flash
> word and so make people tune out of what's being said.
>
> Consider:
>
> A *real* skateboarder doesn't care about snow in his face.
> Man, you sure need a *real* girlfriend.
> Once you get a *real* job, you'll understand these matters.
> Like, why don't you have a *real* car?
> It's not as though Lower East Peoria's a *real* city, you know.
> At a *real* school, that would never fly.
> The *real* world has more important concerns to occupy its time.
>
> Your use of "real" clearly falls into this pattern.
>
> Every time someone uses "real" in that way, what they're actually
> doing is putting somebody else down by disparagement. As soon as
> you come to see this usage for what it is, it will rankle you
> forevermore.
>
> Just something to be on guard against. One might try to find a
> less offensive term--unless, of course, you meant to offend.
Tom,
Thanks for the advice. Would "production" have been less likely to offend
than "real-world"?
Neither offended nor intending offense,
Ted
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Ted Ashton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University
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