On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 9:51 AM, Stephan Houben <stephan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let me stand up and say that I personally like lambda. It's the standard > terminology and not easily confused. > I agree. And secondly, even if I didn't like it, changing the name of something because it's a slightly less confusing name to newbies is a really low priority! If you look back at previous discussion, the real push was to exp[and lambda's capabilities -- maybe allow more than one expression, or ??? But that would make it MORE confusing to newbies, not less. I actually think it makes a strikes a pretty good balance -- to use the idiomatic phrase :-) -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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