On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 5:45:39 PM UTC-8, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Hen Hanna writes:
> > is [comprehension] the right word???
> Yes, it comes from math, particularly set theory. An expression like
>
> { n | n:integer, n mod 2 = 0 }
>
> is called a set comprehen
On 2/20/23 18:06, Hen Hanna wrote:
> is [comprehension] the right word???
>
> i swear i never heard the word before
> getting into Python a few years ago.
Seems as though the term was borrowed from formal mathematics set theory.
A simple search reveals that th
On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 5:45:39 PM UTC-8, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Hen Hanna writes:
> > is [comprehension] the right word???
> Yes, it comes from math, particularly set theory. An expression like
>
> { n | n:integer, n mod 2 = 0 }
>
> is called a set comprehen
is [comprehension] the right word???
i swear i never heard the word before
getting into Python a few years ago.
What was it called in the Lisp (Scheme) world
ok... in Common Lisp, (and MacLisp) it was Loop and Collect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_comprehension
