On 10Nov2014 17:19, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 2014-11-10, giacomo boffi <giacomo_bo...@inwind.it> wrote:
To help you understanding what is the `zip` builtin, please forget
about PKZip etc and think about the _zip fastener_ or _zipper_ in
your bag or in your trousers

In the bag you have two sequences of teeth that the zipper
binds together in interlocking pairs

No, you don't. That's not how a zipper works.  Each tooth from side A,
isn't bound with one from side B.  It's bound with _two_ of them from
side B. And each of those is in turn bound with an additional tooth
from side A, and so on...

This is true, but the analogy is still the correct one:-)

Your nitpicking will not help the OP.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au>

WFO: the normal throttle position for Denizens, squids, and unfortunates on
    50cc Honda step-throughs.
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