-=> On 19 Mar 98  04:39:00 you wrote to me <=-
Hi Kurt,
MS>   I'd like to say that an array is an ordered collection of
MS>   objects that occupy contiguous storage, but then I'd have
MS>   to make sure that the reader knows what an object is,
MS>   what an ordered collection is,  what storage is, and
MS>   maybe even what contiguous means.  :)
KK>    Not only that, you forgot that they should be LIKE objects.
KK>   =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
KK>    An array is an ordered collection of like data type objects
KK>    which occupy uniformly incremented contiguous storage space.
KK>   =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
KK>    Whew! That's probably not the final word on it,
KK>    but it surmises it pretty well, I think. :)
You forgot to mention that the data is accessed using integral
zero-based indexing. :)
Anyway, the whole point of this digression was to illustrate that
technically precise definitions are not so useful when you're trying
to introduce a concept to someone.
Michael Stapleton of Graphic Bits.     mikes@incybr.com.au
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