Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
That's a good point, but... we are at liberty to choose ANY names we please. Is this weird "first"/"next" combo our best shot?
Has “current” been suggested?How many terms are needed? Of the ordinals {first, previous, current, next, last}, however they are named, are any not needed? Are any more needed? randomth? nth?
—Joel Salomon
