Re: [zzdev] Re: Conjoinment

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>The clumsiness of the containment dimensions is my single biggest
>reservation about the whole idea.

Point well taken.

A lot of the clumsiness, though, is about the present
 interface mechanisms.  If we had a function, "put this
 in here," and this happened to be the mechanism,
 would you like it better ?-)

ChrzT


At 08:09 PM 11/1/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> Mark-Jason Dominus wrote:
>> > > Well noted.  The question of whether each new dimension
>> > >  will need its own new conjoined mate is less clear to me.
>> > Each one might not, but I think that many of them will.  d.contents
>> 
>> Is there any way to change things so dimensions DON'T have to
>> come in pairs like that??
>
>I couldn't think of any way to do it and have it still be ZigZag.
>
>The clumsiness of the containment dimensions is my single biggest
>reservation about the whole idea.
>
>
>
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