From: Glenn Parker Date: 2005-05-09T03:53:52+09:00 Subject: Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote: > > Sterile means "Not producing or incapable of producing offspring", > right? The word suggest the (class-like) object cannot create its > instances. Mind you, when Ilias is active in a thread, I generally delete it without a second look. So, I honestly don't expect many people to see this, but since Matz is still looking for meaningful terminology... I humbly suggest "uniclass". Sounds sort of like "eunuch-class", implying sterility, and also like "unique-class", which follows because there is at most one of these per object. It also reminds me of "Unibrow" from the Austin Powers series, but that is neither here nor there. -- Glenn Parker | glenn.parker-AT-comcast.net |