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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@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 - 07:34:20 CDT












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