On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, TSa wrote:
HaloO,
Eirik Berg Hanssen wrote:
Suitable terms might include: Instant Jiffy Juncture Moment Occasion Snap
Tick ...
Time::Point.
Of course, being Norwegian, I may be biased. ;-)
Same here in German, we have "Zeitpunkt" which literally means
timepoint. But note that clock time is "Uhrzeit" not to be mixed
with "Urzeit".
I'm not sure but isn't instant in English just a very short
duration?
In the noun sense, Instant is exactly the right word. Unfortunately,
there's also an adjectival meaning, which is more like "As soon as possible".
The commonly-used example seems to be "Instant coffee", which is intended to
mean "Coffee which takes only an instant to make" (but then continues to exist
so that you can drink it :) ). The meaning, though, tends to be treated as
"Coffe that is quick and easy to make". But maybe we can claim *that* meaning
for Temporal::Instant as well :).
I personally think that Instant is probably as good as we're going to
get, but am naturally not opposed to the search for a better alternative.
"Point" is probably the second-best option I've seen :).
:)
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