Re: Date's First Great Blunder

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:34:20 GMT
Message-ID: <407e7ff8.7916112_at_news.wanadoo.es>


On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:59:02 -0500, "Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com> wrote:

>"Type" is not my favorite word, but if, indeed, it is the very same word as
>"domain" then it seems to me that a class is the specification of a domain.

Type is a word with a long pedigree and a lot more precise than class. By the way, strictly speaking, domain is not exactly the same as type. A domain is a type minus the operators.

Regards
  Alfredo Received on Thu Apr 15 2004 - 14:34:20 CEST

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