Re: Something strange with g77 ...

From: G.F. Thomas (gfthomas_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 10/31/03 

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:15:55 -0500

"Michael Metcalf" <metcalfm@acm.org> wrote in message
news:bnt6la$1n3$03$1@news.t-online.com...
>
> "Mark Crispin" <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU> wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4.60.0310300916250.1620@shiva1.cac.washington.edu...
> >
> > Of course, since "octet" is Latin, it is probably a perfectly good
French
> > word; and it is quite possible that the French independently
concluded
> > that "octet" is a good word to use.
> >
>
> The word octet in French appears to have only one meaning: an 8-bit
byte
> (see, for instance, Le Petit Robert). It was apparently adopted by the
> French just for this purpose. I don't think octet is a Latin word. You
> perhaps mean octo (eight) from a similar Greek word.
>

As for the French on English, GM discovered lately that many of the
youth of La Belle Provence think that lacrosse [from French (jeu de) la
crosse, (game of) the hooked stick] is no longer a two-team sport but
rather a game you play by yourself. The Buick LaCrosse will be renamed.

O Canada! 

-- 
Ciao,
Gerry T.

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