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Re: server-side vs.client-side [message #183610 is a reply to message #183563] Sat, 02 November 2013 16:57 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Thomas 'PointedEars'  is currently offline  Thomas 'PointedEars'
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Christoph Michael Becker wrote:

> Arno Welzel wrote:
>> Christoph Michael Becker, 2013-10-30 20:54:
>>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>> One question - since both you and Thomas seem to be from Germany, and
>>>> have the same misunderstanding of the word "normally", what does
>>>> "normally" translate to in German? What does it mean?
>>>
>>> In Germany it is "normalerweise"/"üblicherweise", what means as much
>>> usually. Anyway, a misunderstanding of the term "normally" is not the
>>> problem here for me. In my opinion, it is correct to state: "PHP is
>>> normally (usually, most often etc.) used on a server (for server-side
>>> programming)."
>>>
>>> It is as well correct to state: "No programming language is normally
>>> either server-side or client-side." Otherwise it would mean, that there
>>> are programming languages that couldn't be used outside of a
>>> client-server context.
>>
>> Exactly *this* is the wrong assumption, what "normally" means in this
>> context. It does *NOT* mean that a language can *never* be used in other
>> ways - it only says that is the the most common use of it.
>
> I thought there is the same difference between
>
> "No programming language is normally either server-side or
> client-side."
>
> and
>
> "No programming language is either normally server-side
> or normally client-side."
>
> as it is in German. Apparently, I was mistaken.

You are not. “normally” is (used here as) a “weasel word”, and the argument
is fundamentally flawed. What is “normally” – who defines what that is (not
what it means)? At which percentage does “normally” start? You can see
that this cannot lead to a sound argument. Which is why I intentionally
double-quoted the word.

JFTR: Mr. Welzel, too, is a native speaker of *German* only. For more
professional (and native-speakers-of-English's) interpretation and
translation, for example go to

< http://dict.leo.org/ende/?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=r elaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=&search=normally>

In particular, you might find this interesting:

< http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewGeneraldiscussion.php?idThread=1139295&id Forum=4&lang=de&lp=ende>


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