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Article #2063Fallibility of the sane
From: Bill Imlah
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 08:13
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 08:13
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ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
>Why in the name of sanity are
>you abusing the word "functor" (which means a pair consisting of a
>function symbol and an arity, e.g. fred/2) when you mean "term"?
Surely its an common mistake. Mostly people coming to
grips with Prolog don't play around with terms enough
for the distinction to become salient.
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Bill Imlah imlah@canon.co.uk
Natural Language Group
Canon Research Centre Europe, 17/20 Frederick Sanger Rd.
The Surrey Research Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 5YD, UK.
-- "When I use a word", Humpty Dumpty said in a rather
scornful tone,"it means just what I choose it to
mean - neither more nor less"
-- Alice through the Looking Glass
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!canon!imlah From: imlah@canon.co.uk (Bill Imlah) Newsgroups: comp.lang.prolog Subject: Fallibility of the sane Message-ID: <1991Apr26.081315.18922@canon.co.uk> Date: 26 Apr 91 08:13:15 GMT References: <EIVERSON.91Apr19200202@aigyptos.nmsu.edu> <5384@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> Distribution: comp Organization: Kenny's Fish Bar (Turbot with a Smile) Lines: 20