"Python Redesign" (fwd)

Tim Parkin tim.parkin at pollenationinternet.com
Mon Sep 8 10:34:57 EDT 2003


>"John J. Lee" <jjl at pobox.com> wrote in message
>news:87fzj7cvbv.fsf at pobox.com...
>> It seems fairly clear by now that the purpose of the mockup was to
>What we were directed to was *not* a mockup (model), but an image of a
>mockup.  That mislabeling was a source of misunderstanding which
>generated part of the criticism.  Please let us keep the useful
>distinction between a thing and an image of the thing.
>Terry J. Reedy

>From the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary - Eight Edition
"Mock Up - An experimental model or replica of a proposed structure"

Tim - 'only posting to defend my right to use dictionary english'







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