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 Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Steve Schafer st...@fenestra.com 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
On 10/7/10 8:35 AM, Ketil Malde wrote:
Christian Sternagelc.sterna...@gmail.com 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
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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 named
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 an
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
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 dubbed Ord,
Christian Sternagel c.sterna...@gmail.com 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
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 order
