Re: Unknown construction

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:50:09 +0200, Jan Vorbrüggen posted:

note that f90 is the first Fortran standard that requires that the
compiler be able to diagnose *ANY* errors. F77 had no such requirements
on the compiler at all.

There is an ambiguity in English here which might not be obvious to all
readers. I think you mean "f90 is the first Fortran standard that
requires that the compiler be able to diagnose *ANY* errors, but by far
not all errors" and not "f90 is the first Fortran standard that requires
that the compiler be able to diagnose *ANY* errors, any error which can
occur it must diagnose".

Hmmmm...my understanding of the grammar is that "any error_s_", as used
by Richard, could be understood to mean "some, but not all", while if he
had said "any error", that would have meant all of them - you use that
form in the final phrase of your reply. Or is this too much pilpul, and
the correct phrasing should have been "some, but by no means all, errors"?

Jan

Ich will, daß andere, die wat zu sagen hav, sich äußern.

Gruß,
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conscience of their parents.
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