Aww,diddums, did the nasty spot upset you?

[IT Minion]

int a = 0;

if (a = 1)
{
printf("\n Failure");
}
else
{
printf("\n Passed");
}

return;

After all, there's only one wafer thin character missing to give the desired result (I think!)

C? Or is it C++? C is up to version 18now I think.

 

[Ihavenojob]

It isn't just English that people use colloquial words instead of the official word.
Bicyclette is velo, motorbike is moto. and of course the famous, 'le weekend'.

Only used by the French, or pretentious knobs.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Only used by the French, or pretentious knobs.

Of course the French use french words.
It was just a couple examples showing how official words are not used in everyday speech.

 

[EFLImpudence]

...but they are not spelt wrongly nor do they mean something else.

You're not very good at this, are you?

 

[IT Minion]

Indeed, it's now about putting duplo bricks together, rather than Lego.

I'd say it's more like assembling a product based on components rather than hand carving everything out of rock.

 

[EddieM]

C? Or is it C++? C is up to version 18now I think.

That's just plain C.

 

[EddieM]

I'd say it's more like assembling a product based on components rather than hand carving everything out of rock.

Out of components you admitted you don't understand?

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

...but they are not spelt wrongly nor do they mean something else.

You're not very good at this, are you?

phone isn't spelt wrongly.
velo is the colloquial word for a bicyclette.
as bike is a colloquial word for a bicycle, or cycle.
Doth and does is not spelt incorrectly, but we only use one of those words.

Language evolves.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Language evolves.

Only by mistakes becoming commonplace.

The alternative is that it is done on purpose for no reason.

 

[EFLImpudence]

...

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Only by mistakes becoming commonplace.

Adopting foreign words is not spelling them incorrectly, nor misusing them.

The alternative is that it is done on purpose for no reason.

'Cos it's hip, innit.

 

[IT Minion]

Out of components you admitted you don't understand?

It was an example of something I had to learn after it was introduced to the language after it was first codified.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Adopting foreign words is not spelling them incorrectly, nor misusing them.

Not what is meant by evolution, then.

Evolution is words like 'awful' changing to mean bad - and 'terribly' changing to just mean very.
No reason other than misuse.

 

[bernardgreen]

Are you children looking forward to be back at school........

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Are you children looking forward to be back as school........

Quite enjoying this playground.