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Re: Do people have a right to kill?
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Martin William Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky
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Mon, 26 Jul 1999 08:07:09 +0200
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F. Leon Wilson writes:
> Other than the word "instantiated" (I don't know the meaning of it), I
> accpet/adopt your position.

Instantiate is a word used most often in computer science.  It is
beginning to appear in dictionaries.  It refers to the process of
making an idea real.  To instantiate X is to make an instance of X.
Each Jeep Cherokee is an instantiation of the design for a Jeep
Cherokee.

martin

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