Michael Lazzaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday, November 8, 2002, at 07:03 AM, Adam D. Lopresto wrote: >> I still prefer "cached", which sounds less lingo-ish than "memoized" >> but reads >> better than "same" ("Same as what?"). > > Insert obligatory reference to Eiffel here, which IIR uses the word > "once": > > sub square ( Num $n ) is same { ... } > sub square ( Num $n ) is pure { ... } > sub square ( Num $n ) is once { ... } > sub square ( Num $n ) is cached { ... } > sub square ( Num $n ) is memoized { ... }
Having said I prefer 'pure', on further consideration I like cached, but I think there's still a place for 'pure', but probably not as a core property. -- Piers "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite." -- Jane Austen?