The Don Maslin Software Archive

[Scott Stevens]

On Sun, 15 May 2005 14:55:00 -0700 (PDT)
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 15 May 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
> 
> > I guess I'm trying to figure out what your 'packrat vs. collector'
> > comment at the front has to do with the rest of your comment.  Is
> > there some higher, more-esteemed thing called a 'collector' that is
> > superior to a packrat?  I agree that organized and managed
> > collections are better.  I just don't know where to draw the line
> > without coming off like we're labeling (self-labeling) ourselves
> > with some sort of clinical disorder and/or stepping up onto a
> > pedestal.
> 
> A collector collects.  A packrat accumulates.
> 

Collect and accumulate are synonyms.