On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Steve Schafer wrote:
> I think the reason for this conceptual distinction can be traced to the
> derivation of "ordering" as the gerund form of the verb "order," in that
> it implies that an action has occurred (or is still occurring).
Reading the original message
On Oct 7, 2010, at 1:15 AM, Alexander Solla wrote:
For example, a set with three elements can be ordered in three
different ways.
Six ways. I hate making such basic math mistakes.
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On 10/7/10 04:02 , Christian Sternagel wrote:
> However, I do know that there are many publications about "ordered
> structures" which use the word "ordering" (most of which I'm aware of, not
> by native speakers).
Like most things in Haskell, it's na
On 10/7/10 8:35 AM, Ketil Malde wrote:
Christian Sternagel writes:
recently I was wondering about the two words "order" and "ordering"
I would use "ordering" to mean the relation or function that orders
(ranks) elements, and I'd use "order" to refer the actual progression.
So by applying an o
On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:02:20 +0200, you wrote:
>I'm not a native English speaker and recently I was wondering about the
>two words "order" and "ordering" (the main reason why I write this to
>the Haskell mailing list, is that the type class "Ordering" does exist).
>
>My dictionaries tell me that
Christian Sternagel writes:
> recently I was wondering about the two words "order" and "ordering"
I would use "ordering" to mean the relation or function that orders
(ranks) elements, and I'd use "order" to refer the actual progression.
So by applying an ordering, you get elements in a particula
Chris,
> I'm not a native English speaker and recently I was wondering about the two
> words "order" and "ordering" (the main reason why I write this to the Haskell
> mailing list, is that the type class "Ordering" does exist).
Irrelevant to your struggle, but note that the *type class* is dubb
On Oct 7, 2010, at 1:02 AM, Christian Sternagel wrote:
Hi all,
I'm not a native English speaker and recently I was wondering about
the two words "order" and "ordering" (the main reason why I write
this to the Haskell mailing list, is that the type class "Ordering"
does exist).
My dicti
Hi all,
I'm not a native English speaker and recently I was wondering about the
two words "order" and "ordering" (the main reason why I write this to
the Haskell mailing list, is that the type class "Ordering" does exist).
My dictionaries tell me that "order" (besides other meanings) denotes
