Stupid little iota of an idea

spir denis.spir at gmail.com
Fri Feb 11 17:02:49 PST 2011


On 02/12/2011 01:26 AM, so wrote:
>> Not all users dislike iota, and besides arguments ad populum are fallacious.
>> Iota rocks. But have at it - vote away, and I'll be glad if a better name for
>> iota comes about.
>>
>> Andrei
>
> You asked for it!
>
> atob(1, 6) // easy to mix things like atoi
> ptoq(1, 6) // rocks imo!

     alias retro!iota atoi;

Actually, I like the term iota very much; would enjoy finding a good use for 
it. Something related to tolerance interval, for instance, like in production 
of mechanical parts. Really fits the notion of "a difference small enough to 
make no difference".

Denis
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