2009/4/27 David Abrahams <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > I didn't. I meant the general notion of "object" in computing. I'm trying > to talk about how the language used by Git's docs can bias people toward > correct or incorrect understandings of Git as they're learning. Actually, I believe object was first used to describe anything stored in memory. Given that, I still think my usage of C pointer terminology is superior to everything; it's just the case that objects are content addressable in the git world and location addressable in the C world. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html