Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 02:39:27 03/01/06
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On February 28, 2006 at 18:17:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 28, 2006 at 14:32:53, Albert Silver wrote: > >> >>>>>>to extend and get back that leaf into the tree. When your prune, is gone. >>>>>> >>>>>>Maybe some definitions chanced in the last 3 years, but before, it was >>>>>>understood that pruning was "I do not search this subtree anymore" and >> >>>>Shearing to form hedges or topiary is also a form of pruning, in which most of >>>>the growing points are tipped back, to produce artificially dense growth >> >>>That still misses the point IMHO. There you are cutting away tips without >>>letting them grow further and discover what they turn into. Rather than >>>applying some chemical that simply slows the growth of some branches and lets >>>other branches grow longer... I can say the same thing about your use of the word pruning. You're not removing an existing branch, you're preventing it from growing in the first place. Anyway, I'm just arguing for fun - reduction is I guess less ambiguous. >> >>Please take this OT talk to CTF. >> >> Botanically yours, >> >> Albert >> >> >>:-P :-P :-P > >In that case, let's talk about half round-robins, round-robins and double >round-robins. > >:) Half-round-robins are now in the CCC folklore :) Vas
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