[PD] Abstractions x Externals

[Pedro Lopes]

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 at 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 at 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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