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[Al Dunbar]

In article <852.26ed037c at iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>, browns at iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems) writes:
>In article <BEVAN.90Sep10220041 at rhino.cs.man.ac.uk>, bevan at cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen J Bevan) writes:
>  <<stuff deleted>>
>BTW, why are the components called "dependents"?  Seems to me that the
>target is the dependent because it depends on the components.
>
I find the terminology confusing too. Maybe they use "dependent"
because there is no such word as "dependee". Or maybe because
"dependable" would mislead programmers into thinking the code in
their "dependables" must be OK.
 
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