Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Christian Maeder
Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: can anybody tell me what the German translation of the word kind as used in type theory and especially in Haskell is? Even Peter Thiemann in Grundlagen der funktionalen Programmierung (1994) did not translate Kind, although he used geschönfinkelt for curry (honoring

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Till Mossakowski
Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: Am Samstag, 18. Juni 2005 20:25 schrieben Sie: can anybody tell me what the German translation of the word kind as used in type theory and especially in Haskell is? Wie wär's mit `Sorte', Ralf I have already thought about that but was not sure it was correct since the

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Ralf Hinze
Am Montag, 20. Juni 2005 12:06 schrieb Christian Maeder: Even Peter Thiemann in Grundlagen der funktionalen Programmierung (1994) did not translate Kind, although he used geschönfinkelt for curry (honoring logicians Schönfinkel and Curry) I'ld prefer der Kind (and avoid situtations that

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Andreas Rossberg
Ralf Hinze wrote: I'ld prefer der Kind (and avoid situtations that allowed confusion with das Kind) Honestly, this is truly horrible (sorry, Peter). Just try to read it aloud: der Kind des Typkonstruktors Indeed. Moreover, my impression is that many Germans rather tend to say die Kind

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Ralf Hinze
Am Montag, 20. Juni 2005 13:45 schrieb Christian Maeder: you could also say ein Typkonstruktor mit Kind ... (and leave the gender open) Hier ist er: , _/^\_

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Wolfgang Jeltsch
Am Montag, 20. Juni 2005 11:46 schrieben Sie: Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: can anybody tell me what the German translation of the word kind as used in type theory and especially in Haskell is? Even Peter Thiemann in Grundlagen der funktionalen Programmierung (1994) did not translate Kind, This

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Wolfgang Jeltsch
Am Montag, 20. Juni 2005 14:01 schrieb Ralf Hinze: Am Montag, 20. Juni 2005 13:45 schrieb Christian Maeder: you could also say ein Typkonstruktor mit Kind ... (and leave the gender open) Hier ist er: , _/^\_

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Peter Padawitz
Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: Am Montag, 20. Juni 2005 11:46 schrieben Sie: Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: can anybody tell me what the German translation of the word "kind" as used in type theory and especially in Haskell is? Even Peter Thiemann in "Grundlagen

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
Wolfgang Jeltsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Am Montag, 20. Juni 2005 11:46 schrieben Sie: | Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: | can anybody tell me what the German translation of the word kind as | used in type theory and especially in Haskell is? | | Even Peter Thiemann in Grundlagen der

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Wolfgang Jeltsch
Am Montag, 20. Juni 2005 16:36 schrieben Sie: Wolfgang Jeltsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] This is very bad IMO because of the existence of the German word Kind which you also mention below which means child. well, my experience having to do with translating to French parts of ISO

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 01:11:27PM +0200, Andreas Rossberg wrote: Indeed. Moreover, my impression is that many Germans rather tend to say die Kind instead when they have to, maybe because that is the gender you have for Sorte, Art, and Gattung. ^^^

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-20 Thread John Meacham
On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 05:34:08PM +0200, Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: Am Montag, 20. Juni 2005 16:36 schrieben Sie: Wolfgang Jeltsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] This is very bad IMO because of the existence of the German word Kind which you also mention below which means child.

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-18 Thread Ralf Hinze
can anybody tell me what the German translation of the word kind as used in type theory and especially in Haskell is? Wie wr's mit `Sorte', Ralf ___ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell

Re: [Haskell] translation of kind

2005-06-18 Thread Wolfgang Jeltsch
Am Samstag, 18. Juni 2005 20:25 schrieben Sie: can anybody tell me what the German translation of the word kind as used in type theory and especially in Haskell is? Wie wr's mit `Sorte', Ralf I have already thought about that but was not sure it was correct since the meaning of Sorte in