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Quote: i wish to discuss deleted default constructors so present above code . is it a snippet or a specimen or an example or a sample or as extract or an excerpt ? if you insist on "snippet" i will state it has not been "snipped" from anything .
If you insist that it is not part of a larger piece of content, then "sample" or "example" are accurate.
Specimen, as your links pointed out to both of us, refers to representative samples of a category. Are you arguing that two lines of C++ code is a representative sample of C++, or a representative sample of a program?
What exactly do you think those two lines are a representative sample of?
Quote: unless the larger whole is referenced it is only confusing to the reader to indirectly refer to its irrelevant existence by use of term in question .
Maybe it is, but that's what the word means. Snippet as always meant "snipped out of something". That you find it confusing is not really relevant to what the meaning of the word is.
Quote: as for specimen below i rather doubt any such code exists in a larger whole as no doubt the author is a fine programmer .
You are literally saying that those two lines are not a representative sample of the author's code.
You literally say it doesn't fit the definition of "specimen", so why use the word?
As the person proposing to redefine existing meanings, maybe you should provide a good argument for why you'd like to redefine existing meanings?
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i will insist it is not snipped from anything only after you assume it is correct to refer to it as a snippet just as you assume re/ referenced article .
yes those two lines are representative of the use of structured bindings w/ classes as previously stated .
as always and yet again there is no reason to believe those two lines were snipped from anything .
of course they are not representative of the authors' quality of code however as stated repeatedly they are representative of the use of structured bindings w/ classes again as previously stated ad nauseum .
i do not recall attempting to redefine the term only to utilize the correct one .
even when correct the term "snippet" sounds almost childish and less serious than exempli gratia "excerpt" and we must agree software development is serious business and certainly requires serious effort .
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Quote: i do not recall attempting to redefine the term only to utilize the correct one .
The dictionary, with example, did not convince you that the "code specimen" is not a replacement for "code snippet". A Large Language Model in trained in English did not convince you.
Do you have a link to any publication in English that uses the word specimen as you assert is "correct"?
In other words, can you find anyone who agrees with you that your definition is correct?
Just one link, preferably an authoritative source like a real publication.
If you cannot find anyone who uses the word "specimen" in the specific context that you want to use it it, why remain certain that English is wrong and you are right?
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i will answer your questions after i obtain answers to mine .
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Quote: i will answer your questions after i obtain answers to mine .
You can't find a link that agrees with you, can you?
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you have no logical answers to the points i raised do you ?
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Quote: you have no logical answers to the points i raised do you ?
I'll answer any logical question I see. Arguing to use a word in a way not used by the rest of the speakers of that language is not really logical, now is it?
You put forward an argument for why the rest of the world is wrong, I remain unconvinced that you are correct and the rest of the world is wrong.
You need to provide some evidence for why you think the rest of the world is wrong.
PS. Aren't you even just a little bit concerned that no on on earth shares your definition of the word "specimen"?
I know if I was arguing for something, I'd rethink my position if the rest of the world unanimously disagreed with me.
After all, you haven't found anyone who agrees with your definition of "specimen". You should be very concerned.
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It's now just after 9:00pm and the temp is down to 26C (with a feels like 31C). Today we had mid to high 30s (37 I think).
Last Christmas (surprise surprise it has hot) our air-con gave up the ghost and six sweltering weeks later we got a new one installed. And guess what, yep, the pump in the air-con stopped working 3 days ago. Luckily I've got a mate who does this sort of thing for a living and is fixing it very early in the morning. We would have done it yesterday but the roof cavity in the afternoon is not a good place to work in.
Shouldn't complain, we've had some severe storms this last week. Lots of places on the Gold Coast still without power.
On the plus side it's too hot to do anything, other than sit in the pool with a few cold ones. It's sooooo hard to take.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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Best reasons for living Down Under:
- Terrible weather
- Poisonous critters
- Drop bears
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Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Wordle 923 3/6*
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When is this fad gonna die down, it takes up too much space in the lounge. 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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As long as it's following the general guidelines of the Lounge, as not being political, not climate-related, non abusive, non trolling, etc., it's okay, isn't it?
Harmless thing. Just a table of green 💚, yellow 💛, white 🤍 and black 🖤 squares.
modified 28-Dec-23 22:00pm.
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Sure it's OK. I didn't say that I thought it was inappropriate.
I was simply joking that sometimes the Wordle posts push the interesting posts off the page. That's all.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Wordle 923 4/6
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Wordle 923 3/6
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Wordle 923 4/6
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“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 923 3/6*
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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Wordle 923 4/6
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Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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I gotta share my last two guesses... 
LOOK AWAY, THIS IS WHERE I RUIN TODAY'S GAME!
WHINY
CHILD
Jeremy Falcon
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Stop reading the news and social media.
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Because of course getting ones information solely from relatives and friends is obviously the best way to understand the world.
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That might be more reliable and accurate than what you get from half the "news" sources out there. 
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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