Re: more peeves

Subject: Re: more peeves
From: Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 14:22:08 -0700

mpriestley -at- VNET -dot- IBM -dot- COM said:
> "Instantiate" is common object-oriented gobbledegook. If your audience
> is experienced OO programmers, stick to a word they're familiar with.
> If your audience is newbies, you may still want to use instantiate,
> but throw in a footnote or something. I think it's been in the literature
> too long to get rid of now.

I know nothing of object-oriented programming, but I know this word. I
have no idea what context I learned it in, but I find its meaning
transparent.

Karen
karenk -at- netcom -dot- com


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