Re: More on lists and sets

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 27 Mar 2006 19:36:44 -0800
Message-ID: <1143517004.319955.105120@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>

vc wrote:
> Marshall Spight wrote:
> > vc wrote:
> > >
> > > A list is a fundamentally recursive data structure, similar to
> > > say natural numbers.
> >
> > It's certainly legitimate to consider lists as recursively defined.
> > But other views are also legitimate; there is nothing "fundamental"
> > about the recursive view.
>
> What 'other views' do you have in mind ?

Set theoretic, say.

Marshall Received on Mon Mar 27 2006 - 21:36:44 CST