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Subject: RE: [ubl-cmsc] Comments on document - 3.17.04 meeting
> If object theorists cannot see that 'ad hoc' as used here does not mean > 'ad hoc polymorphism' then they have a problem that extends way beyond > what this paper addresses ;) :):) amusing and true. I was thinking more of the layman who could get confused, but really is not much of a probability (actually 99% of "oo programmers" wouldn't be able to say what "ad hoc polymorphism" would be). You are right; the change would be inconsequential, "ad hoc" is fine, and I withdraw the comment. F. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eduardo Gutentag [mailto:Eduardo.Gutentag@Sun.COM] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 3:43 PM > To: Ubl-Cmsc@Lists. Oasis-Open. Org > Subject: Re: [ubl-cmsc] Comments on document - 3.17.04 meeting > > > I'm uncomfortable with the thought that a particular technology > can appropriate > for itself terminology that has been in use for centuries, if not > millenia, > and other legitimate uses become displaced. I would like to continue using > the term 'ad hoc', which is (at least to me) more appropriate > than 'arbitrary'. > The latter has a connotation of capriciousness or whimsy that the former > does not. > > If object theorists cannot see that 'ad hoc' as used here does not mean > 'ad hoc polymorphism' then they have a problem that extends way beyond > what this paper addresses ;) > > Opinions, please??? > > > On 03/17/2004 05:23 PM, Fabio Arciniegas wrote: > [...] > > > > > 1.1 > > line 131 and all other instances of the term "ad-hoc": all this material > > should be pretty careful about object theory terminology (after > all is all > > about inheritance and polymorphism and so on), so I suggest we > don't use the > > term "ad-hoc" in this context to avoid confusion with the > notion of "ad-hoc > > polymorphism". > > We can simply replace "ad-hoc" with "arbitrary". > > > [...] > > > .- > > > > Fabio Arciniegas - Chief Technical Officer | "So far as I can > remember, > > Postgraphy, LLC : there is not one word in > > | the Gospels in praise of > > http://www.postgraphy.com/about/faa | intelligence" - Bertrand > > Russell > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the > roster of the OASIS TC), go to > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ubl-cmsc/members/leav e_workgroup.php. > -- Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: eduardo.gutentag@Sun.COM Web Technologies and Standards | Phone: +1 510 550 4616 x31442 Sun Microsystems Inc. | W3C AC Rep / OASIS BoD To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of the OASIS TC), go to http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ubl-cmsc/members/leave_workgrou p.php.
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