Salakhetdinov Shamil
mcp2004 at mail.ru
Tue Dec 9 15:02:32 CST 2014
"Что-то слишком закручено, как сказал кучер почтовой кареты, когда его настигла метель." ;) -- Shamil Tue, 9 Dec 2014 09:15:46 -0500 from "Michael Mattys" <michael at mattysconsulting.com>: >"Да будет свет!" сказал монтёр и перерезал провода. > >- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellerism > >Michael R Mattys >Mattys Consulting, LLC >www.mattysconsulting.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen >Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 3:28 PM >To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues. >Subject: Re: [dba-VB] English understanding: Intrinsic? > >Hi Gustav, > >well it is a matter of opinion and taste, > >it is a subtle word with subtle meanings, if you found out that the author first language was not english, I would not be surprised, and if you told me he went to Cambridge and is an english expert, I would also not be surprised. > >If I wanted to write plain ol' english to explain a point, I would consider other words such as > >built-in >automatic >immediate >direct >inherent >implicit > >my wife always says: >"its not the one way we all go, says the woman as she kissed her cow" > >:) > >Mark > > > > >On 16 July 2014 08:44, Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk > wrote: > >> Hi Mark >> >> Thanks, it makes much more sense now. >> However, given that explanation, my quote now makes less sense: >> >> > Intrinsic morphing for byte, sbyte, char, int16, uint16, uint32 >> > and >> uint64. >> >> as the morphing is rather a built-in feature of the library, I guess. >> Without that feature the library would still be useful, you would just >> have to handle the morphing otherwise. >> Except, of course, if the author himself find this feature essential >> and would regard the library as crippled without the feature. Perhaps >> that is what he means. I could ask. >> >> /gustav >> >> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >> Fra: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: >> dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Mark Breen >> Sendt: 15. juli 2014 21:31 >> Til: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues. >> Emne: Re: [dba-VB] English understanding: Intrinsic? >> >> Hello All, >> >> I am struggling to say why I would not use that word to describe the >> variables in a system. >> >> I like the description here >> < http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/intrinsic > >> including the additional example sentences. >> >> Religion might be used with that word. >> Culture might be. >> Deep emotional things may be intrinsic. >> >> Making money is intrinsic to MS >> Helping others might be intrinsic to open source communities. >> >> I would not say "atomic transactions are intrinsic to MS SQL Server". >> >> Why not?? Somehow, it is not the right meaning, sql server does not >> believe it its heart that atomic transactions are important, they are >> just how it is built. >> >> Safety is not intrinsic in the bridge, Safety is intrinsic to the city >> that is building the new bridge. >> >> >> Any help ? >> >> Intrinsic means built in at a deep, almost emotional level. >> >> There seems to be some intrinsically built into me that loves motorcycles. >> >> Debate is intrinsically built into John Colby! >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> On 15 July 2014 09:43, Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk > wrote: >> >> > Hi all >> > >> > When you write, say about a code library: >> > >> > Intrinsic morphing for byte, sbyte, char, int16, uint16, uint32 >> > and >> uint64. >> > >> > does intrinsic here just mean built-in or internal or is that too simple? >> > And what is the opposite? Extrinsic or external? >> > >> > /gustav >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-VB mailing list >> dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb >> http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >_______________________________________________ >dba-VB mailing list >dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb >http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > >_______________________________________________ >dba-VB mailing list >dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb >http://www.databaseadvisors.com >