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Subject: Re: Vocabulary matter: Component vs Element vs Item
From: csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:24:55 -0700
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Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> This is a vocabulary question, with consistency in mind when giving names
> to things.
> 
> All three words "component", "element" and "item" could be seen as  
> interchangeable in plain English (or am I wrong?).

     I'm sorry to say that since retirement I haven't kept up with the
changes in Ada. I do still follow this newsgroup, so I have a flavor of
what's going on.

     As a result, I don't feel competent to comment on any technical
issues here, even from a historical perspective. However, I don't see
that "component", "element" and "item" are at all related in plain
English. I suspect that if you asked any reasonably literate person,
excluding computer geeks but not scientists, to distinguish between
these words, the likely response would be, Huh?"

> ...

                        Charlie
-- 
Nobody in this country got rich on his own.  You built a factory--good.
But you moved your goods on roads we all paid for.  You hired workers we
all paid to educate. So keep a big hunk of the money from your factory.
But take a hunk and pay it forward.  Elizabeth Warren (paraphrased)