Re: I need help with Functionality versus Function ; Plus

[Mark Dempsey <mxd2 -at- OSI -dot- COM>]

I write documents, not documentation (yes, they're both in the
dictionary).

I also use (not "utilize") graphic user interfaces, not graphical ones.

The Bo-Deedlized "complicationization" of straightforward prose is
counter-productive when you're writing instructions.  It may show how
cool you are, but I doubt it instructs your customers.

That is my assessmentization of the knowledgabilitization in this
systematizationism.

BTW, I was *not* the author of the error message Haiku submitted to this
list previously. I humbly apologize to any offended by my unintentional
plaigarism, and for not submitting only original humor as the lists
instructions stipulate.  But hey, who reads instructions? ;-)

David Dvorkin wrote:
>
> "Functionality" has been a noun in the software biz for a long time.
> It refers to the total collection of functions performed by an
> application.
>
> David Dvorkin
> FRx Software Corporation
> mailto:ddvorkin -at- frxsoft -dot- com
> (303) 741-8280
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Nurre, Vickie[SMTP:VNurre -at- AEGONUSA -dot- COM]
> > Sent:         Wednesday, July 15, 1998 8:06 AM
> > To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > Subject:      I need help with Functionality versus Function
> >
> > Help! The project manager I work with wants to use Functionality as a
> > noun - "The functionality to be delivered..." I think it should be
> > "The
> > functions to be delivered..." My thought is functionality is an
> > adverb,
> > not a noun. But I can't think of an example using functionality as an
> > adverb. Is this now considered a noun? Or what is it exactly, and what
> > is its correct use? Thanks in advance for your information. Vickie,
> > vnurre -at- aegonusa -dot- com
> >
>

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