Subject: Re: [xsl] XSL Previous Node From: Jon Gorman <jonathan.gorman@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:19:59 -0600 |
Hi Michael, > Well, postceding isn't an English word I wondered when I suggested the word if anyone would point that out. It is a word you will not find in any dictionary, that's true. I have seen it used though. Perhaps it is a confusion with the terms pre-ordering and post-ordering. I wouldn't be surprised if someone suggested it in a committee, which is why I went ahead and mentioned it. I think it would sound wrong the instant they tried to say it out loud though. >proceeding means something quite > different, so the only other candidate here is previous. Now here I'm not sure if I agree with you. I have heard people use proceeding in the sense of the reverse of preceding. Granted, this only proves that it's an American usage, but checking the dictionary shows that both words come from a common Latin root: cedere. To me proceeding seems to be typically used in a stronger temporal sense than previous . As far as history the dictionary I checked didn't indicate where the heck the extra e came from either. > I grew up with Codasyl which used next/prior. This is what I was wondering. I though there might be some sort of precedent for using preceding and following in a programming language or notation. It would be interesting to know what languages besides lisp and the work with DSSSL had an influence on XSL. (But of course, that's really a topic for another thread if anyone does want to pursue it). My other other thoughts were probably either a decision by committee or differences in the sense of the word due to cultural changes. Previous doesn't strike me as strongly associated with temporal designation, but that might just be a tendency in American Midwestern speech to use it in non-temporal senses. But both of those theories are OT. Thanks for the answer. Jon Gorman
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