In article <73j4o2$npf$1@cf01.edf.fr>, "Pascal Obry" wrote: >> Xavier Nicollin a �crit dans le message <365BD117.3EAE@imag.fr>... >> >> >robinsoj@my-dejanews.com wrote: >> > >> >By the way, I have a syntactic question about the parsing of the >> >expression ``Abstract Data Type'': should it be undertood as >> >``(Abstract Data) Type'' or as ``Abstract (Data Type)''. In other words, >> >which one is abstract, the data or the type? [...] >> [...] >> >> And you are wrong about the francophone peoples. I've never heard a guy >> saying "Type abstrait de donnees''. Not that simple. You haven't, but I have. Not relevant, in fact. This is similar to the (IMHO stupid) question of bottles that are either half-full or half-empty. ___They are BOTH.___ Instead of asking whether the interpretation is (ad)t or a(dt), wouln't we ask what every interpretation could bring to the understanding of the underlying concept, which is nethertheless unique ? ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Michel Gauthier / Laboratoire d'informatique 123 avenue Albert Thomas / F-87060 Limoges telephone +33 5 55 43 69 73 fax +33 5 55 43 69 77 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Hein, quoi, quelle annee dix-neuf cent nonante dix ? What exactly about year nineteen ninety ten ? ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------