[thelist] replace <b> with <strong> (why dont use b tag)]

Simon Willison simon at incutio.com
Wed Jul 31 12:01:01 CDT 2002


At 11:53 31/07/2002 -0500, David U. wrote:
>Erika Meyer wrote:
> > why the term "deprecated"?  is that not a really weird word?  it's
> > like they put these tags on the ground, spit on them and stomp on
> > them... deprecate them... and grind them into dust.  those w3c people
> > are brutal.
>
>They didn't kill, maim, abuse, hurt, or destroy it.
>
>They retired it.
>
>Deprecate is a fairly common word in computing and programming.

I wonder how long it will be until HR departments pick up on it. Forget
about "made redundant", "down sized" or "no longer going forward" - how
will you feel when you're told your position is "deprecated" ? ;)




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