Re: [Haskell-cafe] Ordering vs. Order

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Steve Schafer wrote:

I think the reason for this conceptual distinction can be traced to the derivation of "ordering" as the gerund form of the verb "order," in that it implies that an action has occurred (or is still occurring).

Reading the original message, this seems to be the misunderstanding. The verb "order" can be interpreted as something like sorting (what we mean in Haskell, can also be said to be "giving order" to the list) or to command something, which is pretty much a completely different meaning. -- Jeff Wheeler Undergraduate, Electrical Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign