At 07:46 03/01/2002 -0500, Norman Walsh wrote:
>Well, varlistentrys can have multiple terms, but yes. However, wanna bet
>the number of people confused by assoclist is roughly equal to the number
>of people confused by variablelist? :-)
But far greater than the number who understand the HTML equ
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:46:30AM -0500, Norman Walsh wrote:
> / Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
> | Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> | A Glosslist is a specific list of glossary terms paired with their
> | associated definitions, so maybe the name "Variablelist"
/ Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
| Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Seems like "Associativelist" might be a more accurate name. Isn't a
| Variablelist basically the same thing as a Lisp/Scheme "alist" -- just
| a list of associated pairs? That is, aren't the "keys" p
Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> / "Matt G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
> | As a matter of fact, I'd guess that more often than not, variablelist
> | is used to list things other than variables.
>
> Ah, the "variable" in variablelist isn't really for programming
> language v
/ "Matt G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
| As a matter of fact, I'd guess that more often than not, variablelist
| is used to list things other than variables.
Ah, the "variable" in variablelist isn't really for programming
language variables. It's really a description list. In fact, if
