What English word would you use to describe a particular example of a type constructor, in the sense that `List[Int]` and `List[String]` are examples of `List`s? I'd like to avoid calling them "examples" if possible.
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I don’t think there’s anything wrong with instances or instantiations tbh. My second fave would be specialisation.
My problem with instance and instantiation is that it makes the context too important. I can append "...of a type" to either word and it's still just as unclear! One is a compiletime instantiation, one is a runtime instantiation, but of different (but related) things...
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The hard part is going back in time to before I just thought of it as an instance. On the bright side there are many ambiguous and vague terms for the beginner to look forward to
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Yes, the number of different dimensions in which a type may be specified (or not) is bewildering...
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