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Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:

>> "int objects" are just "memory which can hold an int". So if you
>> imagine the data as soldiers, and the memory as the parade ground, the
>> int objects are the little squares on the parade ground where the
>> soldiers can stand. Sometimes it might be helpful to have that image
>> in mind.
>
> No, it's not helpful at all.

Actually, this metaphor produced Richard's magnificent
"Buffer-low Soldier" joke, and so it is directly responsible for the
sol highpoint of Malcolm's contribution to this newsgroup, and his
idiosyncratic views on Computer Science terminology.