I quite agree. <optional> is correct, and highly intuitive.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David RR Webber [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:52 PM
> To: Michael Fitzgerald; RNG List
> Subject: RE: <optional> vs. <zeroOrOne>
>
>
> Message text written by Michael Fitzgerald
> >
> Perhaps so but the mantras zero-or-one (?), zero-or-more (*), and
> one-or-more (+) still ring in my head. I think most of us, even
> James, have
> lived with DTDs longer than TREX.
>
> Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case.
> <<<<<<<<<<
>
> And for this reason I like <optional> as I've always hated
> <zero-or-one> .
>
> Shakespear would have no truck with such nonsense. Optional is a
> perfectly good word that everyone understands immediately.
>
> All other imposters need to be explained!
>
> <while> and <until> similarly go back to the beginning of COBOL!
>
> DW.
>
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