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11 Aug 2024 07:08:22 EDT (-0400)
  Re: A birthday, of a sorts ...  
From: Josh English
Date: 18 Aug 1999 12:37:19
Message: <37BAE161.A3232C98@spiritone.com>
I don't know if computers have a functional gender... possible female, but in English
nouns have no formal gender, but an implied gender. Any dog on the street is generally
a 'he' and and cat is generally 'she', etc.

TonyB wrote:

> Luckily, in english, we can keep it neutral, so I say POV-Ray is an it.


>
> --
> Anthony L. Bennett
> http://welcome.to/TonyB
>
> Non nova, sed nove.

--
Joshua English
eng### [at] spiritonecom
IQC: 1946299
"It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off."


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