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From: John English <je@brighton.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.2
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 13:39:28 +0000
Date: 2001-11-14T14:06:41+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BF27410.C899A16B@brighton.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3BF19FF8.7FE097EF@boeing.com

Jeffrey Carter wrote:
> 
> Ted Dennison wrote:
> >
> > In article <3BF052D3.ECEF3FF2@san.rr.com>, Darren New says...
> > >
> > >Ted Dennison wrote:
> > >> there is better. "Font" and "Back" are pretty standard terminology for list
> >
> > Hmmm. Reading this over, "Head" and "Tail" are actually more usual, aren't they?
> 
> I'm accustomed to First and Last for a list, with iteration starting at
> First and going to Last. Head and Tail are more usual for queues.

My vote also goes to First and Last. Apart from anything else, the
names are then consistent with the corresponding array attributes,
and consistency is a Good Thing IMHO.

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-11-14 13:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 189+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-10  3:51 List container strawman 1.2 Ted Dennison
2001-11-10  4:20 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-10  4:59   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 11:14 ` Florian Weimer
2001-11-10 16:24   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 17:39     ` Florian Weimer
2001-11-10 18:31       ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 18:45         ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-10 22:44           ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-11  3:59             ` Steven Deller
2001-11-11 11:29               ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-11 17:42                 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-11 12:36             ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-10 22:07         ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11 17:28           ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-10 14:51 ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-10 16:08   ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-10 16:23     ` List container: Insert and Delete Nick Roberts
2001-11-10 17:13       ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 21:20         ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-10 22:15           ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-10 22:48             ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 22:40       ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11  4:00         ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-11 17:37           ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11 19:29             ` Steven Deller
2001-11-12  0:20               ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12  3:48                 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-12 13:54                   ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 15:21                     ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-13  1:19                       ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 17:27                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13  1:28                       ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13  1:37                         ` Darren New
2001-11-13 15:58                         ` John English
2001-11-13 17:53                         ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-12 15:42                   ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-12  5:23                 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 13:04                   ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 16:36                     ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 17:20                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-12 18:55                       ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-12 19:56                         ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-12 20:36                           ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-12 21:14                           ` Darren New
2001-11-13  7:31                           ` Simon Wright
2001-11-13 21:31                             ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-14  4:43                               ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13  2:16                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 14:18                           ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 15:03                             ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 15:28                               ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 16:16                               ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 19:59                                 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 20:18                                   ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 21:26                                     ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 21:39                                       ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 22:16                                         ` Map container (was: List container: Insert and Delete) Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 15:07                                           ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 22:22                                   ` List container: Insert and Delete Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 17:46                               ` Darren New
2001-11-13 19:25                                 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-13 19:40                                   ` Darren New
2001-11-13 20:53                                     ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 20:10                                 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 21:31                                   ` Darren New
2001-11-13 22:37                                     ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 22:44                                       ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 23:00                                       ` Darren New
2001-11-14 14:31                                         ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 14:20                           ` Steven Deller
2001-11-13 15:48                   ` John English
2001-11-13 20:22                     ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 12:59                       ` John English
2001-11-14 14:55                         ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 15:34                           ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-15 16:35                           ` John English
2001-11-14 16:41                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 20:22                     ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-13 21:33                       ` Simon Wright
2001-11-14 12:54                       ` John English
2001-11-14 16:43                         ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-14 18:19                           ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-15  4:29                             ` List container: Sawdust woman 43 Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-15 15:25                               ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-16  1:59                                 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-15 20:30                             ` List container: Insert and Delete Simon Wright
2001-11-15 17:01                           ` John English
2001-11-19 17:40                             ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-20 10:52                               ` John English
2001-11-13 21:07                     ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 17:18                 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-12 17:13               ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11 23:34             ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 16:33               ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-12 17:28                 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13  2:27                   ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 14:21                     ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14  4:16                       ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-14 15:03                         ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13  0:51                 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 16:51               ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13  0:44                 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13 14:18                   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14  4:17                     ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-10 16:12   ` List container strawman 1.2 Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 18:49     ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-10 19:29       ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-11 10:46         ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-11 13:07           ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-10 19:07     ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2001-11-10 22:53       ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 16:45         ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2001-11-13  0:55           ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13 15:11             ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 22:17     ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11 22:04       ` Simon Wright
2001-11-12 16:53         ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13  7:25           ` Simon Wright
2001-11-13 22:04             ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 17:43   ` Florian Weimer
2001-11-10 16:46 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 18:50   ` Steven Deller
2001-11-12  9:25 ` Martin Dowie
2001-11-12 12:57   ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 15:32   ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-12 16:58     ` Martin Dowie
2001-11-12 18:44       ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13  7:18         ` Simon Wright
2001-11-13 21:26           ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-15 23:53             ` martin.m.dowie
2001-11-12 17:35     ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 18:39       ` Martin Dowie
2001-11-12 19:58         ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 18:39     ` Steven Deller
2001-11-12 20:05       ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 19:12       ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-12 16:37   ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-12 18:50     ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13  1:07       ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13 15:13         ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-15 23:54           ` martin.m.dowie
2001-11-13 19:10   ` Stephen Leake
     [not found] ` <3BF0247D.4500975E@san.rr.com>
2001-11-12 20:30   ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-12 21:57   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 22:53     ` Darren New
2001-11-12 22:55       ` Darren New
2001-11-13 15:54         ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 19:17           ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-13 22:37           ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 15:49       ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 16:38         ` Martin Dowie
2001-11-13 19:06           ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 19:43             ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 20:50               ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 21:08                 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-14  4:34                   ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-14 14:58                     ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 17:36         ` Darren New
2001-11-14  4:40           ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13 22:34         ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-14 13:39           ` John English [this message]
2001-11-14 15:09             ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 16:04               ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-14 16:36                 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-15 16:31               ` John English
2001-11-19 17:59                 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-19 21:08                   ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-20 10:43                   ` John English
2001-11-21 19:40                   ` ramatthews
2001-11-22  3:01                     ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-22  9:28                       ` John English
2001-11-24  3:52                         ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-23  2:21                       ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-24  0:27                         ` John English
2001-11-27 20:04                         ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-28  8:10                           ` Thomas Wolf
2001-11-28 14:29                             ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-28 17:34                               ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-28 18:01                                 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-28 18:53                                   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-28 19:08                                     ` Overriding 'Class'Input (was: List container strawman 1.1) Ted Dennison
2001-11-28 19:19                                       ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-28 20:40                                       ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-28 21:21                                         ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-28 21:50                                           ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-29  5:12                                             ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-29 20:04                               ` List container strawman 1.2 Thomas Wolf
2001-11-16  0:01             ` martin.m.dowie
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