At 9:30 PM -0500 7/15/97, Graham Starkey wrote:
>Maybe I missed something, or it's just my naivety (I'm new to the list).
>But would it not be possible to permit synonyms? Could we not permit
>EITHER organisation or organization to be provided? Equally center/centre,
>and so on.
No. Unlike human beings, computers are completely incapable of seeing
"organization" as equivalent to "organisation", and while a computer
*could* be made to recognize both instances as corresponding to a general
category, that would be far more complicated than simply standardizing the
use.
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That's an awfully long sig file you got goin' there, squeaky! You might
want to shorten it a titch.
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