Re: Chainsaw?

Graham Klyne wrote:

> My problem is this:  when [FordEscort] refers to [TheBody] and [TheEngine]
> in reference to my car, how can I infer that these statements refer to
> parts of my car rather than some other person's Ford Escort car?

Well when statements are in the context of [MyCar] they just refer to your
instance of [FordEscort].

[MyCar] --isa--> [FordEscort]
[     ] --ist-->
   {
   [TheBody] ----colour----> "Red"
   [TheEngine] --capacity--> "1600"
   [TheEngine] --needs---->[repair]
    :
   (etc.)
   }

What's wrong with that?

Seth Russell

Received on Friday, 20 October 2000 10:08:57 UTC