Re: categories and monoids (was: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Design Patterns by Gamma or equivalent)

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:06 AM, Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote:

What is a “generalized monoid”? According to the grammatical construction (adjective plus noun), it should be a special kind of monoid

There's no such implication in English. The standard example used by linguists is "fake gun". -- Dan