[patch] doc/*.texi: Fix typos and follow spelling conventions.

Phil Edwards phil@jaj.com
Tue Dec 17 15:11:00 GMT 2002


On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 01:25:33PM -0800, Stan Shebs wrote:
> 
> Or perhaps "This document is incomplet and and inkorrekt, if nothing
> else in that it is expected to include a paradoxical sentence that
> may only be a correct statement if words in it itself are misspelled."

The draft C++ standard IIRC actually used something like, "This document
is incomplet, inkorrekt, and iNcoNSISteNt."  The wacky capitalization in
the third part made it more clear that humor was involved.


Phil

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