--- Ilias Lazaridis <ilias / lazaridis.com> wrote:

> yes, in context of a class, this becomes true.
> 
> but you are right:
> 
> "unable to reproduce" vs. "unable to produce".

Indeed.  But even then, in the latter "definiton" as you have it, it is
not true of the word 'sterile'.  It's only applicable in terms of
reproduction.  So I wouldn't use it at all.
 
> non-instantiatable class.

Well, does the name have to be unique from other languages?  I mean if
one were to use the term "Abstract" -- taken from Java, it's
immediately obvious that such a class cannot be instantiated to form an
object.  Admittedly in Java this is only in relation to inheritance,
but the meaning is still evident.

-- Thomas Adam


		
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