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Posted by dorayme on 04/10/06 13:22
In article <qkuf4dhrxhr2$.kxk0abx4yv83$.dlg@40tude.net>,
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Dav=E9mon?= <"davιmon"@nospam.com> wrote:
> Toby Inkster arranged shapes to form:
>
> > Davιmon wrote:
> >
> >> the idea of empty lists doesn't seem logical at all to language or
> >> document mark-up.
> >
> > Does make sense to me.
> >
> > <p>My current to do list is:</p>
> > <ul></ul>
> >
> > conveys more meaning than:
> >
> > <p>My current to do list is:</p>
> >
> > which merely seems like an incomplete statement.
>
> Both are incomplete statements.
>
No, TI is right.
You need to distinguish between the semantic effect of the two.
One is incomplete. The other is not. In the one, one can see
there is nothing to be done. In the other, one is waiting for the
speaker or writer to go on and complete the sentence. One has a
whole meaning, the other is incomplete in meaning.
Anyway, that is how I see it, but I appreciate some will not find
this so comfortable. I like and feel comfortable with empty sets.
It truly helps in handling the mad existential claims of the
majority of earthlings... :)
--
dorayme
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