RobG wrote:
On Nov 10, 7:30 am, "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivo...@interxnl.netwrote:
>Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote on 09 nov 2007 in comp.lang.javascript:
>>Ceterum censeo Prototype.js esse deletam.
So you think it is already done?
It may be an appropriate saying, even if the grammar is wrong (I'll take
your word on that).
The original statement (from Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius called "Cato the
Elder") was "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam." which means "I also
think Carthago should be destroyed." There is nothing of a past tense in
it; AFAIK, "Carthaginem delendam esse" is accusative infinitive. Maybe I
did not decline "Prototype.js" properly (comments welcome), but I think it
is understood anyway.
Cato didn't live to see the total destruction of Carthage, I bet that
Thomas will not see call for total destruction come true either. :-)
Nevertheless, his repeated ending his speeches in the senate this way and
thereby his repeated motion to vote on this subject eventually led to a
majority among the senators. And consequently, Carthage was destroyed by
the Romans in the Third Punic War :-)
Regards,
PointedEars
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