OK. And Java and C# have the Collection Classes. STL and Collecition Classes name a group. Is there a generic name for a prototypical member of one of these groupings? The name should also be applicable to generic code that implements the Genetic Algorithm.
Perhaps there just isn't such a word. -- Russ On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]>wrote: > But not *too* generic. Just generic enough. You seem to be difficult to > please. > > What you appear to be asking for is exactly that the STL brought to C++. > The Standard Template Library: a completely generic yet well-specified set > of containers for any kind of data object, providing the ability to > specialize iterators thus allowing the developer to do whatever he wants to > the contained data objects. > > --Doug > > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Glenn, >> >> I'm missing the connection between *undecidable *and what I'm asking >> for.I don't want a property of these things; I want a generic name for them. >> >> -- Russ >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:42 PM, glen e. p. ropella < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thus spake Russ Abbott circa 09/07/2009 12:14 PM: >>> > This is to the programmers on this list. >>> > >>> > I'm looking for a word that refers generically to software that is open >>> to >>> > virtually object in its host language. The best way for me to explain >>> it is >>> > with examples. >>> >>> How about "undecidable"? Or perhaps "semidecidable"? >>> >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decidability_(logic)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decidability_%28logic%29> >>> >>> -- >>> glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com >>> >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >> >>
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