cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) (02/16/90)
In class, when I say "every X has a type, value, scope, extent, and linkage", what is X? I'd say "data object" but "object" has been taken. "Object or lvalue" isn't workable. What about "data thing", "piece of data"? -- O-------------------------------------------------------------------------> | Cliff Joslyn, Cybernetician at Large, cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu | Systems Science, SUNY Binghamton, Box 1070, Binghamton NY 13901, USA V All the world is biscuit shaped. . .
bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) (02/18/90)
In article <3022@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) writes: > >In class, when I say "every X has a type, value, scope, extent, and >linkage", what is X? I'd say "data object" but "object" has been taken. >"Object or lvalue" isn't workable. What about "data thing", "piece of >data"? Identifier. --Blair "En den identifiim, end im too, en dose two ova dare, en dat guy, en den, identifime..."
frankw@hpcvra.CV.HP.COM (Frank Wales) (02/20/90)
In some article Cliff Joslyn (cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu) writes: >In class, when I say "every X has a type, value, scope, extent, and >linkage", what is X? I'd say "data object" but "object" has been taken. >"Object or lvalue" isn't workable. What about "data thing", "piece of >data"? Datum? -- Frank Wales, Guest of HP Corvallis, [frank@zen.co.uk || frankw@hpcvra.hp.com] Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., LEEDS, England, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048 x217