Re: Ping: dawn, some mvl questions
From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 03:00:44 +0200
Message-ID: <44725dfd$0$31637$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
>>Say we have a list.
>>
>>We don't, at this time, know wether the order
>>in the list is significant or not (so excluding
>>situations where the order is alphabetic, size
>>or however evidently content-based).
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 03:00:44 +0200
Message-ID: <44725dfd$0$31637$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> mAsterdam wrote:
>>Say we have a list.
>>
>>We don't, at this time, know wether the order
>>in the list is significant or not (so excluding
>>situations where the order is alphabetic, size
>>or however evidently content-based).
> > Be careful about "evidently". A list might be in alphabetical > order, not because that was intended, but merely as an artefact. My > full name is "Eugene Michael Wirchenko". Note that my names are in > alphabetical order, but this signifies nothing.
Agreed. Let's be careful. Received on Tue May 23 2006 - 03:00:44 CEST