[Fwd: Re: adapter or adaptor?]

[Leo Simons <le...@apache.org>]

Let's all adapt =)

-----Forwarded Message-----

From: Eung-ju Park <co...@isoft.co.kr>
To: Avalon-Phoenix Developers List <av...@jakarta.apache.org>
Subject: Re: adapter or adaptor?
Date: 29 Jul 2002 17:55:06 +0900


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Donald" <pe...@apache.org>
> To: "Avalon-Phoenix Developers List"
<av...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: adapter or adaptor?
>

> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:16, Eung-ju Park wrote:
> > We use adapter and adaptor.
> > It bring to me a little confusion.
> > Please maintain consistent names. :-)
>
> :)
>
> That was probably me.

You have many adapter and adaptor in ant-myrmidon. like private static
RmicAdapter createAdaptor ... :-)

>
> > Just keep current state?
> >
> > or
> >
> > Migrate to "adapter" or "adaptor"?
>
> either is fine with me ;) I think they are both valid English. I guess we
pick
> the one that s most common in codebase (adapter?) and stick with that ;)

'adapter' is more common than 'adoptor' in jakarta codebase.

$ find ./ -name "*.java" | xargs grep -i adaptor | wc
     124     779   19557
$ find ./ -name "*.java" | xargs grep -i adapter | wc
     638    3860   98495

--
Cheers,

Peter Donald
---------------------------------------------------
"Wise men don't need advice. Fools don't take it."
                        -Benjamin Franklin
---------------------------------------------------


--
To unsubscribe, e-mail:
<ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
For additional commands, e-mail:
<ma...@jakarta.apache.org>




--
To unsubscribe, e-mail:   <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>





--
To unsubscribe, e-mail:   <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>