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: 103376,96c476ea1e35b4a1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-11 08:59:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!jfk3-feed1.news.digex.net!dca6-feed2.news.digex.net!intermedia!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C163B65.E2C30102@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: Basic Properties of Lists ("foreward") References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:59:46 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1008089986 66.75.151.160 (Tue, 11 Dec 2001 08:59:46 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 08:59:46 PST Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17766 Date: 2001-12-11T16:59:46+00:00 List-Id: Mike Brenner wrote: > "Foreword" is a wonderful example of ambiguity in the English language. It seems to be saying "towards the fore or front", but it sometimes means "from the fore or front". Actually, I still recommend the terminology from the EiffelBase (www.eiffel.com) libraries. "Forth" and "Back", as in back and forth, are the directions for one-dimensional traversal. There's a ton of good terminology there. > It is similar to situations like "is a North wind coming from the North or going towards the North", and is an inflammable pyjama "un-flame-able or is it enflame-able"? Worse. One means it will catch on fire, and the other means it will explode. (Inflamable and imflamable, that is.) -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. You will soon read a generic fortune cookie.