[Haskell-cafe] Category Theory woes

[Daniel Fischer]

Am Donnerstag 18 Februar 2010 14:48:08 schrieb Nick Rudnick:
> even in Germany, where the
> term «ring» seems to originate from, since at least a century nowbody
> has the least idea it once had an alternative meaning «gang,band,group»,

Wrong. The term "Ring" is still in use with that meaning in composites like 
Schmugglerring, Autoschieberring, ...