Trivial (but not bikeshed please) question of style…

[via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 28 October 2014 at 17:57:26 UTC, Russel Winder via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
> Python's take on this works quite well:
>
> 	x.sort()
>
> is a mutating sort delivering nothing, whilst:
>
> 	sorted(x)

Yes, I also find the grammatical distinction interesting. One 
possible mapping:

- imperative for mutation: do "sort" !

- adjectives for value semantics: it returns a "sorted" version.

- present participle for generators: it adds "sorting" property 
to input.