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FYI: deprecate [0] [0] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/deprecate https://www.dictionary.com/browse/deprecate

• Jaruzel 6y ago
  FYI: depreciated [0] :) [0] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/depreciated https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/deprecia...
  • bmn__ 6y ago
    Yes, that's the wrong word. Please note the difference in usage.
    • Jaruzel 6y ago
      No, I used it correctly for what I was saying. Don't put words in my mouth please. MDI has not been removed. It's been DEPRECIATED as in it's still there and it still works (kinda) but MS no longer see value in it's function. My terminology for what I was saying was correct. This sub-thread is a classic example of HN pedantry. Down vote me into oblivion if it makes you happy. /sigh
      • vinw 6y ago
        But deprecated doesn't mean it's "been removed". If I understand what you were originally trying to say, then deprecated is a better fitting word than depreciated because that is a financial term. Whereas deprecated is a common software term meaning exactly what you said "it's still there and it still works [...] but no longer see value in it's function".
      • pedrocx486 6y ago
        Not pendantry, just pointing mistakes... If you want a good read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation
  • forgotpwd16 6y ago
    Depreciate is about monetary value, deprecate in software terminology means something to be removed, and obsolete means it has been removed. As per Cambridge and others, you're correct since they don't include the aforementioned definition. Merriam-Webster[1] and Oxford[2] for example do. [1]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprecate https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprecate [2]: https://www.lexico.com/definition/deprecate https://www.lexico.com/definition/deprecate
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