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#232 1.13.5. Compound Symbols misuse of plural
1.13.5. Compound Symbols
The name begins with a stem (that part of the symbol up to and including the first period) and is followed by a tail, which are parts of the name (delimited by periods) ...
I'd suggest
a tail consisting of one or more symbols separated by periods
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Anonymous
Leave it as is. It's identical to the VMRexx manual which, I'm sure, was the original source for the original Object Rexx. I'd have to dig through my archives to find the draft copy of the oRexx spec, but I'm confident that's what I'd find. There's no reason to change it.
My proficiency of English ain't perfect but the Syntax Looks plain wrong!
what is 'are' referring to.
Why not correct Things that we have NOW?
In partilular if it's that easy!
I don't think that we have to leave things unimproved just because they were in the original or early manuals. Walters suggestion seems an improvement to me.
This para was changed (very similar to Walter's suggestion) back in 1996 for the Personal Rexx Language Reference to
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Jon
'stem' plus 'tail' = 'are'. I don't agree that the Personal Rexx change is an improvement and I see no reason to follow their lead just because they didn't like the original 'style'.
Professional writers created the original VM manuals and they have gone through years or review by thousands of users.
We should focus on technical errors or missing information. Most of the complaints about the docs that I see come from the comp.lang.rexx newsgroup, so that would be a good source of input for corrections. It is VERY hard to get people to open a SF ticket if they don't already have a SF userid. They've already vented their frustration and feel better for it.
My 1999 Rexx/VM Reference has exactly the same wording. It is correct and should be left as is.
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