Stupid little iota of an idea

["Jérôme M. Berger"]

Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> And how on earth does iota make sense in this context? I don't see how you could 
> possibly look at iota(0, 10) or iota(2, 21, 3); and think that it _anything_ to 
> do with its dictionary definiton (per: http://www.merriam-
> webster.com/dictionary/iota )
> 
> 1: the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet — see alphabet table
> 
> 2: an infinitesimal amount : jot <did not show an iota of interest>
> 
> Honestly, I'd be quicker to think that it was some math term that I wasn't aware 
> of than to think that it had _anything_ to do with its English meaning.
> 
	And what about “iota (10)” which will probably be the most common
form? Like I already said in another post, people will understand
(and have understood) this as meaning “a range with a single
element, that element being 10”.

		Jerome
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