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Re: What does `inferior' mean?
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Bastien |
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Re: What does `inferior' mean? |
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Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:14:37 +0100 |
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Hi Xue,
Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> writes:
> I saw this term(or `word') in Emacs-related materials many times, such as
> IELM, inferior-apl, inferior Octave, inferior-moz-process and so on. What
> does it mean?
It has the same meaning as "sub".
> I only know it means `of lower quality' or `of lower rank', but it
> seems none of them fits the meaning in Emacs.
An inferior process is a subprocess. "Inferior" has no moral
connotation here.
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Bastien