[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Common ACELP code & G.729 [2/7] - pitch lag decoding

[Diego Biurrun]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 03:45:43AM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 06:41:40PM +0700, Vladimir Voroshilov wrote:
> > 2008/6/12 Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>:
> > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:20:14AM +0700, Vladimir Voroshilov wrote:
> [...]
> > >> + *
> > >> + * Pitch delay is coded:
> > >
> > > is it pitch delay or pitch lag? you mix the terms randomly ...
> > 
> > Hm. i thought "lag" is synonym for "delay" (as my dictionary says).
> > Specification uses "delay" in most of text, while reference
> > code uses "lag" everywhere.
> > Tell me if i should replace all instances with "lag" or "delay" only
> > (if so, tell also what is better and why, please)
> 
> ask diego, he is the master of english consistency.
> Iam not a native english speaker and do not really know the difference
> (if there is any) between lag and delay.

TTBOMK both are synonyms.  I would prefer delay, which is the more
common and more technical term and AFAICT it is used everywhere else.
Go for delay.

Diego