Stupid little iota of an idea

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message 
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> I don't find the name "iota" stupid.
>

Far as I can tell, you seem to be nearly the only one who finds it to be a 
good name. I can live with it, since I've just simply learned that in D 
"iota(x,y)" means "range of integers from [x,y)". And the controversy over 
it's name helps me to remember. But still, I'm yet another in the seemingly 
much larger camp of "The word 'iota' doesn't remotely reflect what it does". 
Additionally, I've never known any other meaning for "iota" besides "vey 
small amount", I've never used APL, and I've certainly never used 
non-standard SGI extensions to C++.

(Actually, the first time I saw "iota()", my thought was "Wait, I thought D 
used the much more readable to!string(7)...oh, wait, that says iota, not 
itoa..." But that might just be my problem ;) )

FWIW, I do like "retro".