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 In other words, while the proximity function can be regarded as an "intensional" representation of a group of friends, the flock is the "extensional" representation of that group. For example, if ''f'' is a flock of "all of my friends who are older than 25" (an intensional description), and the friend list is "[Alice (26), Bob (22), Carol (24)]", then the flock contains only Alice (an extensional representation of the group) In other words, while the proximity function can be regarded as an "intensional" representation of a group of friends, the flock is the "extensional" representation of that group. For example, if ''f'' is a flock of "all of my friends who are older than 25" (an intensional description), and the friend list is "[Alice (26), Bob (22), Carol (24)]", then the flock contains only Alice (an extensional representation of the group)
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 +=== Implementation ===
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 +Conceptually, a flock is a list of flockrs. Technically, a flock is implemented as a list of profiles. From the profiles, the flock can acquire the flockr's unique username. Given the username, the flock can acquire a far ref to the flockr via its own "owner" flockr.
uf/flock.txt · Last modified: 2009/11/18 13:53 by elisag