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Re: [Groff] Potential buffer overrun in src/roff/troff/input.cpp
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Keith Marshall |
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Re: [Groff] Potential buffer overrun in src/roff/troff/input.cpp |
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Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:33:23 +0100 |
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On 24/09/14 10:41, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>>> What is `+ve'?
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>> I've always understood it to be universally accepted -- at least in
>> mathematical, scientific, and engineering circles -- as an
>> abbreviation for "positive".
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> I'm quite firm in reading such stuff, and up to now I've *never* seen
> this.
See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%2Bve
> So please simply say `positive'. In general, I think we are using
> far too much abbreviations everywhere...
That's a somewhat different issue, but fair comment.
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Regards,
Keith.