From: Rich Kilmer <rich@...>
Date: 2002-08-04T12:13:19+09:00
Subject: RE: ZIGZAG - was Re: Assoc Class (Hash Pairs)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Massimiliano Mirra [mailto:list@NOSPAMchromatic-harp.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 10:51 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: ZIGZAG - was Re: Assoc Class (Hash Pairs)
> 
> On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 11:13:48AM +0900, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> > > You are thinking in terms of bidirectional links between objects.
> > > Take a look at the ZigZag concept, you'll find lots of food for
> > > thought. :-)
> >
> > OK, Massimiliano, now you've done it -- you've
> > mentioned ZigZag!
> 
> Sounds like you'd been waiting for this. :-)
> 
> > I've read about it, though I'm still trying to
> > assimilate it. It sounds like it's just a
> > specialized form of a directed graph with a
> > few constraints on it.
> 
> From what I've gathered, I might add: a graph where links are
> organized in separate sets, each set with a different meaning or
> domain.
> 
> > Or is ZigZag the app itself? I thought it was
> > a kind of data structure...
> 
> It is (or at least I don't know of any homonym or eponym application).
> 

OK, this thread intrigued me to go look up ZigZag (which I had never
heard of).  I have begun this...and I must say it looks
rather...um...mind bending.  At the same time, it looks very, very
interesting.  I would welcome interaction about this topic and
developing libraries in Ruby that enable experimentation with its
concepts.

-rich