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Re: server-side vs.client-side [message #183621 is a reply to message #183610] Sun, 03 November 2013 01:40 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 11/2/2013 12:57 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
>
>> Arno Welzel wrote:
>>> Christoph Michael Becker, 2013-10-30 20:54:
>>>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>> > One question - since both you and Thomas seem to be from Germany, and
>>>> > have the same misunderstanding of the word "normally", what does
>>>> > "normally" translate to in German? What does it mean?
>>>>
>>>> In Germany it is "normalerweise"/"üblicherweise", what means as much
>>>> usually. Anyway, a misunderstanding of the term "normally" is not the
>>>> problem here for me. In my opinion, it is correct to state: "PHP is
>>>> normally (usually, most often etc.) used on a server (for server-side
>>>> programming)."
>>>>
>>>> It is as well correct to state: "No programming language is normally
>>>> either server-side or client-side." Otherwise it would mean, that there
>>>> are programming languages that couldn't be used outside of a
>>>> client-server context.
>>>
>>> Exactly *this* is the wrong assumption, what "normally" means in this
>>> context. It does *NOT* mean that a language can *never* be used in other
>>> ways - it only says that is the the most common use of it.
>>
>> I thought there is the same difference between
>>
>> "No programming language is normally either server-side or
>> client-side."
>>
>> and
>>
>> "No programming language is either normally server-side
>> or normally client-side."
>>
>> as it is in German. Apparently, I was mistaken.
>
> You are not. “normally” is (used here as) a “weasel word”, and the argument
> is fundamentally flawe d. What is “normally” – who defines what that is (not
> what it means)? At which percentage does “normally” start? You can see
> that this cannot lead to a sound argument. Which is why I intentionally
> double-quoted the word.
>

There's only one weasel here - and it is NOT "normally".

>
> PointedEars
>

You really shouldn't criticize a language you don't understand, Pointed
Head.


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