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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:10:46 +0100, (see below) wrote:

> On 29/4/07 09:19, in article 1woad6hn9idy2$.6otnwphc1o0h$.dlg@40tude.net,
> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> 
>> (I don't see much sense in calling loops iterators. To me the iterator is
>> rather the variable of the loop. Loop performs/implements iteration.)
> 
> Your preference (unfortunately enshrined in OO jargon)
> does serious violence to English grammar!
> 
> An <x>or is something that performs or implements <x>,
> not something that has <x> performed upon it!
> 
> An actor is not a script.

What about "polymorphism"? It means exactly the opposite to what its
translation suggests (many-formed/shaped).

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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