Get rid of byte? [OT] alii

[James Dunne]

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> "Walter Bright" <newshound at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
> news:dt7mur$2hvs$2 at digitaldaemon.com...
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>>"Bruno Medeiros" <daiphoenixNO at SPAMlycos.com> wrote in message 
>>news:dt705s$1vkh$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
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>>>Still, it might be nice to have those types in the language, as aliases. 
>>>It could be a good name alternative, in some situations, to using the new 
>>>names(like real or cent) for every new size that has come up.
>>
>>import std.stdint;
> 
> 
> Could the _t suffix at least be taken off those aliases (alii?) ?  int8_t 
> has got to be one of the ugliest things I've seen since CLK_TCK. 
> 
> 

FYI, the -i plural suffix only applies to words that end in 'us', not 
'as' or other variants.

cactus       -> cacti
genius       -> genii
hippopotamus -> hippopotami

Apparently, 'bus' is the exception to the rule.  "Hey look at all those bi!"

An interesting read: 
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/extabs/Plurals.html

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James Dunne