Mar. 14th, 2013

Inspired by completely mistaking the meaning of a class name this week ...

Poll #13035 Hey, I ordered a cheeseburger

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 26

I would take the phrase "ordered pair" to mean

A pair (a,b) in which a <= b always
3 (11.5%)

A pair (a,b) in which (a,b) and (b,a) count as different unless a=b
19 (73.1%)

I would always ask which one you meant
3 (11.5%)

SEWIWEIC
1 (3.8%)

I would take the phrase "ordered list" to mean

A list which is in order according to some sorting criterion, e.g. alphabetical
19 (73.1%)

A list in which order is significant, i.e. [1,2] and [2,1] are interestingly distinct
5 (19.2%)

I would always ask which one you meant
2 (7.7%)

SEWIWEIC
0 (0.0%)

I would take the phrase "ordered collection", in the context of data structures, to mean

A data structure which keeps elements in an order determined by some sorting criterion
9 (36.0%)

A data structure which considers the order of elements to be an important part of what it's remembering
11 (44.0%)

I would always ask which one you meant
5 (20.0%)

SEWIWEIC
0 (0.0%)