note 30531 deleted from tutorial.forms by betz
| From: | betz@php.net | Date: | Fri, 21 Mar 2003 06:27:34 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 30531 deleted from tutorial.forms by betz | ||
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Sorry to be pedantic, but 'webmaster at scoutprovidence dot com' is slightly wrong in
terminology. Deprecated is the term for functions/names/APIs; depreciated is a similar term which
refers to money amounts (eg in accounting, a capital purchase such as a car or building is
depreciated over time, thus spreading the expense).
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/guide/
misc/deprecation/deprecation.html says it as:
Note: "Deprecated" and "depreciated" are not same. "Depreciated" is a
financial term that means "lowered value". Although the meanings are similar, classes and
methods are deprecated, not depreciated.
If you don't like this pedantry, fine; but it's like the it's/its debate - those who
know the correct usage dislike seeing the incorrect.