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,e382b50ddc696050 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-07 09:17:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!portc03.blue.aol.com!news-east.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C10F9CD.5476B14A@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List Strawman JC01 References: <3C0DB9D0.7184868A@acm.org> <3C0EB851.77E7172A@boeing.com> <3C0FF4F2.77B88A8F@boeing.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 17:18:34 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1007745514 66.75.151.160 (Fri, 07 Dec 2001 09:18:34 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 09:18:34 PST Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17594 Date: 2001-12-07T17:18:34+00:00 List-Id: > >Order is a basic property of sequences such as lists. I much prefer > > Just stating this every post isn't going to make it so. You have to at least > attempt to say *why* you think this is true. I certainly don't see it. It's what distinguishes a list from a bag. If you want a collection with multiple copies of values but no order, it's called a "bag", in generally-accepted computer-science-speak. (As opposed to a "set", which is a "bag" where every value appears at most once.) Now, if what you mean is that some *specific* order (such as "alphabetical") is not a basic property, then I'd agree. That seems to be what you're saying, given that you're following up on sort routines. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. You will soon read a generic fortune cookie.