Re: [Iamb-dev-internal] IAMB $stree API, version 2E-10

[Rich B. <rb...@rc...>]

Matt Cashner wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Ken Rietz wrote:
> 
> > Root article: a top-level article in a forum. Also called the root of a
> > thread.
> > (The root is a single article; a thread is potentially many more.)
> 
> this is not accurate.  forums exist seperate from threads and
> articels. we've had this discussion before.

I'm not clear how he is contradicting that. Threads are in forums. A
root article, this says, is the first article in a thread. That is, it's
an article that has no ancestors. The "in a forum" bit up there could be
ommitted without changing the sense of the statement.

Right?

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