On 02/05/06, Philip Welch wikipedia@philwelch.net wrote:
My point was that many people, including (apparently) myself and the person who started this entire thread, never knew that "cruft" had any meaning *apart from* "not suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia due to limited scope of interest"
I know a certain racial epithet which is perfectly synonymous with some much nicer terms. You understand why we don't use the racial epithet. That's why certain people, myself included, discourage use of offensive terms such as "cruft".
And because some people *don't* actually know this more technical meaning of the term, so it's probably better to spell it out each time.
Steve