A Defination of Reflection [was: Re: prototypes, "meta"...]

[cramakrishnan at acm.org]

Stumbled upon this.  Thought you all might find it amusing.  :)

>From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  REFLECTION, n.  An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view
  of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the
  perils that we shall not again encounter.

- sekhar

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C. Ramakrishnan        cramakrishnan at acm.org