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Re: "wrapper" as a Verb (Java tech writing question)
Subject:Re: "wrapper" as a Verb (Java tech writing question) From:jsokohl -at- mac -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 22 Jul 2002 9:0:59
Tom, I quite agree that asking developers is a good place to go. In my
case, the developers are on one coast & I'm on the other. Also, Doc, we're
on the same wavelength. I've done some research in the meantime, and I've
found that Sun appears not to use "wrapper" as a verb. Also, XML.com has a
very good article on wrappers: http://www.xm.com/lpt/a/2000/01/19/feature/index.html. Too, there's a good
article about the wrapper design pattern at http://www.castle-cadenza.demon.co.uk/wrapper.htm
Interesting....one of the probs of asking developers is they might say, "I
know what it means when 'wrapper' is a verb" or "When I said, "The
developer can OR the logic,' that's what I meant--OR the logic!!!"
Sometimes the language one person or a subgroup uses works only within that
subgroup...and doesn't extend to a wider audience. It's the age-old problem
of "Well, I knew what _I_ meant" that I used to hear when teaching freshman
English--people who are not writers tend to bring assumptions to the text
they write, often assuming their not-expressedthoughts are inherent in the
page they've produced.
I'm not saying, Don't ask developers. Far from it--I'm a huge fan of user
research. Still, I tend to also be suspect...
joe
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