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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Vocabulary matter: Component vs Element vs Item Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:53:49 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ds8m8HfAx594C0h4s/JFyA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16528 Date: 2013-07-26T20:53:49+02:00 List-Id: Le Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:42:21 +0200, Yannick Duch=C3=AAne (Hibou57) = a =C3=A9crit: > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/component > 1. a constituent part : ingredient > 2-A. any one of the vector terms added to form a vector sum or resulta= nt > 2-B. a coordinate of a vector; also : either member of an ordered pair= = > of numbers Drifting a bit now: 2-B make me feel Component should be used for a = polynomials, and not Element. Is this is OK? -- = =E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1] =E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.= =E2=80=9D [1] [1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers= ity