"forests" considered inappropriate

I believe that "forest" in formal language theory means a SET of trees, 
rather than a SEQUENCE of trees.  I used to use "forest" but 
Prof. Derick Wood recommended "hedge" (he also suggested "orchard").
"Hedge" was coined by Bruno Coucelle.

[Cou89] Bruno Courcelle. On recognizable sets and tree automata. In 
Maurice Nivat and Hassan Ait-Kaci, editors, Resolution of Equations in 
Algebraic Structures. Academic Press, 1989. 

Cheers,

Received on Thursday, 19 April 2001 08:32:06 UTC