[Edu-sig] creating an interface vs. using one

[Arthur]

kirby urner wrote:

> Historically, the use of the word "squared" in this context contains a
> whiff of a moronic past, when the orthonormalists monopolized world
> affairs.  Fortunately those days are long over (and yes, we still say
> "squared" when referring to 2nd powering, in the interests of backward
> compatibility).

Kirby I am trying not to let you provoke me into the bad guy.  You make 
it sooooooooooooooooooooo
hard.

My disdain for Kirby == Kirby's disdain for the past.

But I thought I would not have to articulate that for a time, because I 
thought he was going away for a time.

Is that time past??


Art