Targeting C
Leandro Lucarella
llucax at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 10:17:24 PDT 2009
Bill Baxter, el 23 de octubre a las 08:51 me escribiste:
> > list ~= array(iota(0, 10));
>
> While we're not on the subject....
> "Iota" is right up there with "inSitu".
> I know it has a precedent elsewhere, but it sounds about as user
> friendly as monads. It just sounds like the language it trying to be
> snooty. Like "if you don't even know what iota is, you're clearly not
> qualified to join our little D club. Maybe you should try Java... or
> Logo". Compare that to Python where it's called "range", something
> every Joe the Programmer can certainly grok without having to get a
> Greek to English dictionary.
Thanks for mention this, now I don't feel *that* idiotic to have to go and
search what iota means every time I see it =)
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