Ary Manzana Wrote: > On 2/11/11 12:15 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > "Andrej Mitrovic"<andrej.mitrov...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:mailman.1476.1297391467.4748.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... > >> What the hell does "to!" have to do with anything. Disregard my last > >> post, it's obviously 3 AM and I'm talking gibberish. > >> > > > > I just meant that "iota" looks a lot like (spaces added for clarity) "i to > > a". In other words, the first time I ever saw "iota", I confused it for the > > old C function that converts an integer to an ASCII string. It may very well > > have been 3am for me at the time ;) > > You are the second one who confuses iota with itoa. Actually, the third, > I confused it too. > > According to the book "The Design of Everyday Things" the design of that > function name is wrong, it's not your fault and it's not because it was > 3am. When many people make mistakes with regards to the design of > something it's *always* the design's fault, never the human's fault. >
Thanks for this, I'm adding this book to my read list. :)
