eliminate junk from std.string?
Walter Bright
newshound2 at digitalmars.com
Tue Jan 11 11:22:16 PST 2011
Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Seriously though, I'm pretty sure a lot of native english speakers don't
> know "sans" either, unless they're familiar with font-related terminology.
> "In lieu of" is widely-known though, at least in the US.
I used to keep a dictionary on my desk, but now I just google definitions. I
don't see a good reason to dumb down the language.
BTW, english is full of french words, thanks to the Battle of Hastings.
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