On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 11:41:38AM -0800, Brent Dax wrote: > Luke Palmer: > # What's wrong with C<cached>? > # > # C<pure> ain't bad either, but it won't appeal to > # non-mathematicians---even certain kinds of mathematicians. > # Mathematica thinks a "pure" function is what we think of as > # an "anonymous" sub. So I like C<cached>. > > How about C<steady>, in an analogy to physics? > > steady state > n. Physics > > A stable condition that does not change over time or in which change in > one direction is continually balanced by change in another.
steady - a physics term cached - a software term I think I prefer the software term 1: more likely that people will know what it means 2: in the words of the adverts of a certain UK varnish manufacturer: "cached - does exactly what it says on the tin" Nicholas Clark -- COBOL better than perl? http://www.perl.org/advocacy/spoofathon/
