Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!lll-tis!mordor!joyce!sri-unix!garth!smryan
From: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Re: Programmed code generation (was: Self-modifying code)
Message-ID: <1051@garth.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jul 88 20:32:13 GMT
References: <12381@ut-sally.UUCP> <340001@hplvli.HP.COM>
Reply-To: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan)
Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA
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>Because my Webster's indicates that *realize* is the only valid spelling!

I have a dictionary that says -ise is normal and -ize is an american variant.

Rather than continue off a tangent: somebody got all hot and botherred over
a misspelling. Big deal! Lots of clumsy fingers on clumsy keyboards; some
people typing faster than they're thinking; not everybody proofreading; some
stubborn spellers; British and American spellers; and lotsa nonnative speakers
of english out there who do a remarkable job of following along on a keyboard
and screen not designed for english. I just might be able to follow a
discussion in french, but I wouldn't stand a chance in german.

Hey, kids, let's be tolerant. Instead of finding differences to fight over,
let's enjoy the diversity and complexity of humanity.