Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!dino!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!s.cs.uiuc.edu!mccaugh From: mccaugh@s.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: forward references in typedefs Message-ID: <207600030@s.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 9 Aug 89 23:03:02 GMT References: <55480@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:55480:s.cs.uiuc.edu:207600030:000:395 Nf-From: s.cs.uiuc.edu!mccaugh Aug 8 18:50:00 1989 I couldn't help but side with the suggestion of "quadratic" even if it was misguided, since: * a 'quadrille' is a "square" dance, but consists of 5 or 6 rhythms * a 'quadrangle' and a 'quadrilateral' are both 4-sided * a 'quadrennium' is a period of 4 years Need I go on? THe point being that 'quadratic' means 'square', and it is an inference that the latter means "to the power 2".