I think the term 'external' was coined by David Zicarelli (in the context of the M program, before Max) to mean an external code segment. I've always used it to mean a calss defined in a dynamically linked object module (presumably written in C).
I use the word 'abstractions' to refer to patches invoked by name in object boxes. So for me at least, the two are different animals.
cheers Miller
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 04:42:26AM +0000, Pedro Lopes wrote:
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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