Whither Tango?

[Justin Johansson]

Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 12:15:30AM +1030, Justin Johansson wrote:
>> Listen guys.  "retro" in English, and given it's post-classical Latin
>> roots does not mean the same as "reverse". 
> 
> The only difference I've ever heard is reverse is a verb, and retro
> is an adjective.
> 
> retro rocket = rockets that fire in reverse
> retrograde = an orbit that goes in reverse
> 
> 
> If it had to change, the next best thing would probably be inReverse();
> 
> Do people find that agreeable?
> 
> 

Notwithstanding the untruth or otherwise of the following statement,
how sounds the semantics?

"Using D as a programming language is retrograde to using C++."

Does the writer of that statement actually mean reverse?

Cheers
Justin Johansson