From: "Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org>
Subject: Re: Why is it Called a Package?
Date: 2000/03/28
Date: 2000-03-28T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EVD4.17225$624.1466328@news.flash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 38DFB0BC.9FF72EFC@callnetuk.com
Try using the dot (".") as the symbol that signifies logical dereferencing
(of access values, records, packages...) and see if "all" makes more sense.
"Nick Roberts" <nickroberts@callnetuk.com> wrote in message
news:38DFB0BC.9FF72EFC@callnetuk.com...
> Gary Scott wrote:
> >
> > Admittedly a "fluff" question...
> >
> > I notice that a lot of modern languages choose names/syntax that I
> > personally do not find intuitive. Other languages contain basically the
> > same feature but call it by different names (module, etc.). Why was
> > "package" considered the intuitive name for this feature?
>
> One answer might be: because a word had to be chosen. Now (if you really
> want to ruffle some feathers ;-) ask why 'all' was chosen as the word to
> signify dereferencing (hardly intuitive),
> --
> Nick Roberts
> http://www.adapower.com/lab/adaos
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Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-03-27 0:00 Why is it Called a Package? Gary Scott
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-04-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-08 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-04-09 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Comment from the trenchs Robert Brantley
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Robert Brantley
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Why is it Called a Package? Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Anders Wirzenius
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington [this message]
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
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