A nice way to step into 2012

[Derek]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:22:49 +1100, Don <nospam at nospam.com> wrote:


> Some names are better than others. But are they part of the API? That's  
> the issue.

Yes, that is an issue.

> Often, parameter names (such as in sin(x)) are arbitrary and  
> meaningless. This is fundamental: the parameter names are arbitrary in  
> mathematics.

Why is that? I just assumed that it was because mathematicians did a lot  
of repetitive handwriting and thus brevity was important to them.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia