Let me tell you a (slightly) amusing story. Beno Eckmann warned me that all librarians would hate me if I called it "$*$-Autonomous Categories". I saw his point immediately and had every intention of changing it. But in the process of getting it typed and so on, I just plain forgot. So although I do object to *-autonomous (without the dollar signs that put it on the line), I would have no problem with star-autonomous. On ne saurait penser a tout, as they say on some obscure langauge. Michael On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Dusko Pavlovic wrote:
yes, that is an interesting question. in fact, i have a similar question about the words star and dagger. although they are perfectly acceptable english words on their own, in the context of categories we write *-autonomous and %-compact, even in the titles, where star-autonomous and dagger-compact would say the same, just look easier to pronounce.
but then again, with my name and surname gaining and losing accents as i go, maybe i should not ask such questions.
-- du$ko