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- Subject: Re: [AD] load_font patch
- From: Matthew Leverton <meffer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:18:50 -0600
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> > I'm for colour and centre! ;)
> > To be honest, I never really paid attention to this. I use British spelling
> > without thinking about it, but I'm not sure that I do that consistently
> > with different words. But I agree that we should pick one and be
> > consistent.
>
> Hm, I'm for color and center. But consistent to itself, the Allegro API
> as well as the current docs are very inconsistent here..
>
The spellings of colour, centre, and -ise are every bit as odd as the
usage of yards, miles and Fahrenheit. ;)
I really couldn't care less about what the internal API uses, as long
as the external API doesn't force the programmer to use such
spellings.
>OTOH, Allegro originated in GB - but well, that should be no reason.
>
While Allegro may have originated in GB, remember that Shawn himself
originated in the USA. :)
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