| Rachel Rawlings on 13 Mar 2011 13:18:49 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] [OT] waiting for a socket/event vs. waiting for a socket/event |
Actually, I was under the impression that "waiting for" was American and "waiting on" was British, since I've mostly encountered the latter in BBC program(me)s, Harry Potter books, and Rolling Stones songs. Perhaps these Americans you speak of are horribly affected. On Mar 7, 2011, at 4:57 PM, "K.S. Bhaskar" <bhaskar@bhaskars.com> wrote: > One of my pet peeves about colloquial American English is the use of "waiting on" when what is meant is "waiting for" - as in "I'll be waiting on you downstairs" to which I am often tempted to reply "Thank you, but I don't intend to dine downstairs." > > Does a process wait for a socket/event or does a process wait on a socket/event? > > Thank you very much. > > -- Bhaskar > > -- > Windows does to computers what smoking does to humans > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug