Re: [doc] User Manual Suggestion

From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 27, 2009, 16:52 UTC
Message-ID: <b4087cc50904270952k5a7383e6hd3b29104a7aac1fd@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <33614929-B5B2-4B54-BF18-81ADBBCC4925@boostpro.com>

2009/4/27 David Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>:

>
> 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.

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