From: Logan Capaldo Date: 2005-12-15T02:21:24+09:00 Subject: Re: About class methods --Apple-Mail-9--492653464 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Dec 13, 2005, at 10:00 PM, dblack@wobblini.net wrote: > I think you're laboring under a misunderstanding. > > Please see http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=3Dsimpleton > Just for comparision: singleton |=CB=88si ng g=C9=99lt=C9=99n| |=CB=8Cs=C9=AA=C5=8Bg=C9=99lt(=C9= =99)n| |=CB=8Cs=C9=AA=C5=8Bg(=C9=99)lt(=C9=99)n| noun a single person or thing of the kind under consideration : splitting =20 the clumps of plants into singletons. =E2=80=A2 [often as adj. ] a child or animal born singly, rather than = one of =20 a multiple birth : singleton boys. =E2=80=A2 (in card games, esp. bridge) a card that is the only one of = its =20 suit in a hand. =E2=80=A2 Mathematics & Logic a set that contains exactly one element. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from single , on the pattern of simpleton. --Apple-Mail-9--492653464--