Re: c.d.theory glossary -- definition of "class"

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"mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message news:40db6567$0$559$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl...
> x wrote:

> > ... Class is an overloaded word :-)

> So let's overload type ???

Type
- a class, group or category of things or persons sharing one or more characteristics
- a representant of the type
- a pattern

Class

- a collection of things or persons of the same type
- a caste
- any division of persons or things

They are both overloaded.

> OTOH... that must mean you can give several relevant
> definitons! Yey! :-)

No. It means that I am aware it is used to mean a bunch of things :-)

> > No. The actors act and the operators operate. :-)
> > The behavior create types. :-)

> How?

What how ?
How the actors act ?
How the operators operate ?
How the behavior create types ?

Haven't you heard the expressions "stupid people" , "you are a troll", etc. ?

> > And there are different types of behavior. :-)
> > And operators have types. :-)

> Sloppy.

> Operands have *a* type.
> The result of an operator is typed.
> An operator has type constraints; it can only
> operate on operands of certain types.

Operators can apply to 1,2,3, ... operands. Operators are or aren't commutative.
Operators are or aren't associative.
...

> > Funny :-)
> Am I spoiling the fun?

No. I appreciate the work you are doing. But sometimes it is necessary to inject some noise for escaping from local minima. :-)

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