On Tuesday 02 June 2015 10:10, TheDoctor wrote: > On Friday, September 13, 2013 at 12:08:04 AM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Mark, you are digging up a conversation from nearly two years ago. Seriously? >> It makes no difference whether I write: >> >> atoms -> stars -> galaxies >> >> or >> >> galaxies <- stars <- atoms >> >> nor does it make any difference if I write the chain starting at the top >> and pointing down, or at the bottom and pointing up. > > Yes it does. Ford IS-A Car, but Car IS-A Ford? No. Try reordering that > one. Try again. Look at the direction of the arrows. Nobody denies that there is a difference between: atoms -> stars -> galaxies galaxies -> stars -> atoms but that's not what my second example says. Look closely, and consider that sometimes we write "Mark's hat" and sometimes "the hat of Mark". > I see we've missed each other with our limitations to ASCII text, in ways > that would have never happened had these conversations occurred in person. > Re-reading my texts, I see that I can easily confuse myself. Yes, I see that. -- Steve -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list