Re: [PATCH] Change 'Deltifying objects' to 'Delta compressing objects'

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Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>

Date

Oct 19, 2007, 02:19 UTC

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Jeff King wrote:

> Boo. I _like_ "deltifying". Sure, it's probably not in the dictionary,
> but that's how languages change: saying "delta compressing" all the time
> will get awkward, so people invent a new word using existing rules to
> explain a common phenomenon.

Perhaps just "compressing" if it gets awkward.

Sam.