The use of the word 'deprecate' in the context of something being obolete or superseded is wrong. It's use, though entrenched, reflects badly on the literacy of progrmmers and confirms the prejudices of those external to our industry regarding the ability of "geeks" to articulate ideas or generally communicate in an intelligible manner. We should use supersede (spelt with an "s" for those with English as their second language) as the act of replacing something with another like object which is more relevant or current, or we should use obsoletescent or obsolete when resorting to an adjective for something which is being phased out or has been phased out of use (respectively). How about we all get with the program!

-Posted by Kevin Loughrey on January 2, 2003 02:29 AM

BTW, English was my second language ;)

You know, it's always a good idea, when being super picky about someone else's grammar and spelling, to check your own.

1) "obolete"
2) "progrmmers"
3) "It's" - In that sentence, it should have been "Its"

-Posted by greybeat on June 26, 2003 06:28 PM