7 Aug
2007
7 Aug
'07
3:42 p.m.
Beman Dawes wrote:
David Abrahams wrote:
on Tue Aug 07 2007, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:
Ah! I wasn't happy with 'core' either, but failed to come up with anything better. "Prerequisite" is definitely better.
I would use "dependent" and "dependency."
The trouble with those is that they describe a library that depends on another. We need a word to describe the library being depended upon.
I've used 'dependee', but I'm not sure if it's correct English. (IMHO it makes sufficient sense when discussing dependencies back and forth. :) /Marcus