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The title confused me at first, "they are moving from sr.ht to GitHub?", but then I realized I'm just used to reading migrations like that in a "from $serviceB
by capableweb 4y ago
The title confused me at first, "they are moving from sr.ht to GitHub?", but then I realized I'm just used to reading migrations like that in a "from $serviceB to $serviceA" manner and "to $serviceA from $serviceB" made it all wrong in my brain. Funny how that works.
- phnofive 4y agoHad the same reaction - skipping prepositions and mashing the nouns into a trained interpretive mold. Guess I need to slow down.
- phdelightful 4y agoI like “from A to B” because B happens after A temporally and in the text. It also serves to emphasize A as opposed to B, which is nice because we usually wouldn’t leave A unless there was really a problem with it even if B is better in some way.
- 29athrowaway 4y agoYou will love the Intel assembly dialect.
- ternaryoperator 4y agoWas just going to say this. Although, it's not specific to Intel assembly. Many assembly languages use the syntax: move destination,origin
- userbinator 4y agoSo does the assignment statement in almost all languages I know.
- xigoi 4y agoBut assignment in most languages doesn't use a word that's commonly used with a particular order.
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- Arubis 4y agoThe NYT uses this style (to … from …) deliberately as well. It’s a little bumpier, as you mention, but avoids confusion with describing a range.
- dang 4y agoWe've changed it above now. (Submitted title was "Kyoto framework is moving to sr.ht from GitHub")