We use(d?) it a lot in AI (at least here in Europe?). I thought it came from English (like most computer words) never searched ;o)
> subsumed? I had never heard that word before. Thanks for the vocabulary lesson.
>
> Main Entry: sub·sume
> Pronunciation: s&b-'süm
> Function: transitive verb
> Inflected Form(s): sub·sumed; sub·sum·ing
> Etymology: New Latin subsumere, from Latin sub- + sumere to take up --
> more at CONSUME
> : to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive :
> encompass as a subordinate or component element <red, green, and
> yellow are subsumed under the term "color">
>
> -Al
>
> On 12/12/06, Ean Schuessler <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 12 December 2006 12:08, Yoav Shapira wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Talking about JavaScript toolkits is becoming like talking about
> > > programming languages: it's an endless debate about religious
> > > zealotry, really ;)
> > >
> > > Dojo is good, it works. Prototype is good, it works. Dojo is being
> > > adopted as a standard by some Java libraries, like Struts 2 IIRC.
> > > Prototype is a de-facto standard in the Ruby on Rails world. Hence my
> > > first sentence above.
> > >
> > > As long as you're considering options for OFBiz, I'd throw another
> > > candidate in the ring: jQuery (
http://jquery.com/). It's a fantastic
> > > little library that also works well, but importantly for me, solves my
> > > biggest complaints about Dojo and prototype: size. Both Dojo and
> > > prototype end up adding hundreds of KBs to the size of your web page.
> > > Sure they might get cached on the client or elsewhere along the way,
> > > but still, the software engineer in me hates the thought of all that
> > > baggage.
> >
> > <trolling>
> > We need something thin, like OFBiz! ;-)
> >
> > From a strategic point of view I think that Dojo has a lot of inertia
> > developing in the Java community and that is going to pay off for us.
> > Everyone with any sense knows that Ruby is doomed to be subsumed by the
> > unstoppable Linux+Java stack since no one seriously believes that Linux+Ruby
> > is a viable adversary against Windows+.NET.
> > </trolling>
> >
> > Actually, this JQuery stuff looks intruiging.
> >
> > --
> > Ean Schuessler, CTO
> >
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> >
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