Re: Object Oriented Euphoria
Kat wrote:
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> On 13 Dec 2004, at 19:08, Dan Moyer wrote:
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> > A bit of irrelevance:
> >
> > Elephants essentially walk on their toes.
> >
> >
http://elephant.elehost.com/About_Elephants/Anatomy/The_Feet/the_feet.html
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> But the heel is held up by the rest of the thick padding under it. See the
bone
> structure in a pic on that page. It is a weight bearing heel.
You're right, & that's why I said "essentially", instead of what my original
"actually" :)
>Rather like walking on
> foam high heels. As the heel padding breaks down under age and weight, the
heel
> sinks lower, the padding spreads back, and you get this :The fore foot of
an
> elephant has a circular shaped outline and the back foot takes more of an
oval
> shape. However, "elongated oval footprints footprints usually indicate an
adult
> male" .
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> But basically, i'll haveto edit my elephant.foot method?
Maybe; they do walk on their whole "foot", as you said, AND on "tip-toes",
too. Maybe they also need to be considered "ballet-dancers" also, heh heh
heh :)
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> Kat
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> > Kat wrote:
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> > > Instead of such a high class as platypus, consider mammal feet. Some
walk on
> > > toe(s) (cat, horse, etc), some on the entire foot (human, elephant,
> > etc).
> >
> > Dan Moyer
> >
> > ps. Hope your new lawyer can help you!!
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kat" <gertie at visionsix.com>
> > To: <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 11:31 AM
> > Subject: Re: Object Oriented Euphoria
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> > > Instead of such a high class as platypus, consider mammal feet. Some
walk on
> > > toe(s) (cat, horse, etc), some on the entire foot (human, elephant,
> > etc).
> > > Just about everwhere, a learning box will wish to overwrite a method
or
> > data,
> > > without rebooting, as new data becomes available which the programmer
> > > could not have foreseen.
> > >
> > > Kat
> > > Http://TiggrBox.Info
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> > >
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