Posted by dorayme on 02/02/07 03:26

In article <nOydnRWuT86VNl_YnZ2dnUVZ_q6vnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net> wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
> > In article <HrCdnTZwR7eIA1_YnZ2dnUVZ_sGqnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> > Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net> wrote:
> >
> >> dorayme wrote:

> > Not quite understanding you re the presumptions?
>
> Your presumptions make sense. I disagree with the standard that makes
> the presumptions logical. Meaning, if it's called an "ordered list,"
> sure, it's logical to presume that the order is important. And
> vice-versa. I just think the idea of an unordered list is kinda silly.
> I can't think of any meaningful communication (even a grocery store
> list) that shouldn't be in some useful order. Doesn't need to be
> numbered but the meat should be grouped together, the dairy, the frozen
> food, the soft drinks, cleaning supplies, etc. Otherwise I'm either
> constantly walking back and forth across the store or I'm constantly
> stopping to read through the list to figure out: "Hmm. Do I need to go
> up this aisle? And how many things do I need in this aisle?" And, yes,
> I DO order my shopping list. ;-)
>

Well, what you are doing, if I may say, is concentrating on the
cases that make it hard to know. This does not make the clear
cases disappear. Simply imagine a clearer case, your wife gives
you a list of things to get from the dairy section. Or a
particular shelf even!

But I agree that real life ordering is a complicated business.

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dorayme

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