- From: Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@asu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:11:05 -0700
- To: "'Terje Bless'" <link@tss.no>, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Received on Tuesday, 17 April 2001 20:11:38 UTC
Bjorn: >>>>- Or add a "show source iff errors" option? >>>>+ Or add a "show source if errors" option? Terje: >>>Not sure this is a typo. "iff" == "if and only if" Bjorn: >>Well, this wasn't covered by any of the 3 dictionaries if searched >>through... Terje: > I'm just guessing because I've always assumed that's why it's there -- > using "iff" in that way is commonplace to me as technical jargon -- but > it's Gerald that wrote it so he'll have to clear that one up. :-) IFF isn't really an English word. It's not going to be in a general dictionary, but should be in a math (or maybe symbolic logic?) reference. I would classify it as something more like the backwards E ("there exists") or the "therefore" three dots, rather than a word; it just happens to be reproduceable with ASCII, which the others aren't. Thanasis Kinias Information Dissemination Team, Information Technology Arizona State University Tempe, Ariz., U.S.A. Qui nos rodunt confundantur et cum iustis non scribantur.
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