From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a644fa9cd1a3869a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-14 06:41:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!server3.netnews.ja.net!newshost.central.susx.ac.uk!news.bton.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: John English Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.2 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 13:39:28 +0000 Organization: University of Brighton Message-ID: <3BF27410.C899A16B@brighton.ac.uk> References: <3BECA3B7.5020702@telepath.com> <3BF0247D.4500975E@san.rr.com> <5BXH7.22252$xS6.34813@www.newsranger.com> <3BF052D3.ECEF3FF2@san.rr.com> <3BF19FF8.7FE097EF@boeing.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc2je.it.bton.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: saturn.bton.ac.uk 1005746801 9384 193.62.183.154 (14 Nov 2001 14:06:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@bton.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Nov 2001 14:06:41 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en-gb] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16501 Date: 2001-11-14T14:06:41+00:00 List-Id: 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- John English | mailto:je@brighton.ac.uk Senior Lecturer | http://www.comp.it.bton.ac.uk/je Dept. of Computing | ** NON-PROFIT CD FOR CS STUDENTS ** University of Brighton | -- see http://burks.bton.ac.uk -----------------------------------------------------------------