Version 100-2.0 of NASA FITS Standard released

Maren Purves m.purves at jach.hawaii.edu
Tue Apr 27 13:48:07 EDT 1999


Patrick Wallace wrote:
> 
> > >     The real problem is the word "deprecate" itself.  That word has
> > > been given a meaning by the ANSI which has been used then [...]
> > > and we do not mean that meaning.  I think we should find a new word.
> 
> I think "deprecate" is just fine.  It's an English word, not owned by
> ANSI the last time I consulted the OED, and we can have it mean whatever
> shade of disapproval we choose.

I like Lucio Chiapetti's suggestion, "discouraged". For one, hate to
admit it, it is a word I understand :-)

Maren Purves, UKIRT



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