Should this work?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 1/10/14 6:07 AM, Regan Heath wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:16:53 -0000, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> On 1/9/14 11:56 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>> On 2014-01-10 02:34, Manu wrote:
>>>
>>>> Or just alias the functions useful for string processing...
>>>
>>> I agree. It already has some aliases, converting to lower and uppercase.
>>
>> I wouldn't want to get to the point where many functions have 2-3 names.
>
> This is only a problem if they are all in the same sphere of concern..
> by that I mean if you're looking for string functions and you find 2
> names for the same function this would be wrong/confusing/pointless.
> But, if you have one name in the string category and one in the range
> category and they were both the same function underneath I don't see
> this as the "same" problem, right?

The way I see it one learns a name for an algorithm (low cognitive load) 
and then uses it everywhere. This is not Go.

Andrei