[Catalyst] "Catalyst - The Definitive Guide" and the
	"Catalyst Cookbook"
    David K Storrs 
    dstorrs at dstorrs.com
       
    Tue Dec 27 16:29:04 CET 2005
    
    
  
On Dec 27, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Charlton Wilbur wrote:
>
> On Dec 23, 2005, at 4:49 PM, David K Storrs wrote:
>
>> The conversation that I'm having is about the fact that I  
>> personally dislike the term "toy" because I hear overtones of  
>> contempt.
>
> Alas, it's a common term of art.  AI researchers have been talking  
> about "toy problems" for decades, and there's no term that covers  
> quite the same meaning without being more pejorative.
>
> Charlton
>
> -- 
> Charlton Wilbur
> cwilbur at tortus.com
Oh, I don't know.  I always thought that "example" worked pretty well.
--Dks
    
    
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