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close #115: avoid the term instance #132

Closed cabo closed 1 year ago

cabo commented 1 year ago

...except in "for instance", and in the discussion of default values.

WAvdBeek commented 1 year ago

i think we should fight back on not using the term instance.

An instance is one occurrence of a class or object in programming

cabo commented 1 year ago

i think we should fight back on not using the term instance.

An instance is one occurrence of a class or object in programming

Indeed, instance is a perfectly cromulent term. The problem is that we were using it for different things, and entirely replacing it by different language reduces confusion (and we have the term available for instances of the model!).