On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
> Exactly. Naming things is just a way to classify them, to separate one
> kind of thing from another. So, the first time a term like
> "microprocessor" is coined is due to necessity -- a new thing came into
> being and it needed a name. Applying that name to things that follow is a
> convienient way to establish a relationship to the original thing.
Then certainly similar things that came before it should also receive that
same name?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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