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?
