For me external is different from abstraction. For what I understand there's a need for a joint concept, one that says "this visual object box is <<something>>".
Is that what you call class Mathieu?
best, Pedro p.s.: this kinda answers another thread, where I posted that table of concepts "mental exercise" (for me).
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Alexandre Porres porres@gmail.com wrote:
I didn't say they strictly are, but that they can be (as with list-abs).
alex
2011/2/16 Mathieu Bouchard matju@artengine.ca
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Alexandre Porres wrote:
Btw-- the manual makes a distinction between> "abstractions" and "externs".
But it shouldn't, right? I mean, it's not real in practice, for abstractions can be externals...
Which definitions are you using ?
I've never seen « abstractions are externals » nor anything that would imply it.
I tried introducing the word « class » in users' vocabulary, to include both abstraction definitions and external definitions under a same word, and using the word « object » to mean instances of either, but there is still some resistance to using industry-standard vocabulary instead of whatever the MAX manuals coughed up, for example.
It would be good if you stated the definitions you use. It'd help me understand how « abstractions are externals » can be a true statement.
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