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Subject:Re: more peeves From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 22 Aug 1994 14:22:08 -0700
mpriestley -at- VNET -dot- IBM -dot- COM said:
> "Instantiate" is common object-oriented gobbledegook. If your audience
> is experienced OO programmers, stick to a word they're familiar with.
> If your audience is newbies, you may still want to use instantiate,
> but throw in a footnote or something. I think it's been in the literature
> too long to get rid of now.
I know nothing of object-oriented programming, but I know this word. I
have no idea what context I learned it in, but I find its meaning
transparent.
