[linux-audio-dev] [OT] affordance? (was: Is ladspa actually la-dsp-a? Is JACK the ultimate solution?)

[Jan Depner]

On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 04:37, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 04:11:54 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> > > Sorry for my ignorance -- but is there someone who can present me
> > > the german term for "affordance"?  The web-dicts I searched, don't 
> > > know this word -- and the wikipedia entry doesn't give me any clue 
> > > about the german word (though I understand the concept).
> > 
> > 	The problem is that it's not a word.  Your understanding of it is
> > probably the best definition there is ;-)
> 
> I have to disagree with this - it may not be a german word, but it
> certainly is an English one - its been in consistant use in scientific
> literature for ~30 years.
> 

	And iff has been in constant use in mathematics for over 40 years and
shows up in mathematics textbooks and papers but it's still not a
recognized English word.  It's not in Webster's Unabridged (although
FUBAR is ;-).

Jan