how do you pronounce 'tuple'?
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From: Jack Diederich on 14 Feb 2006 11:49 On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 10:40:09AM -0500, Tim Peters wrote: > > the-acid-test-is-whether-you-say-"xor"-with-one-syllable-or-three-ly y'rs - tim "Zorr!" of course. Saying "All hail the mighty Exclusive Or!" would just sound silly. -jackdied
From: Steve Holden on 14 Feb 2006 16:33 Paddy wrote: > Hmm, > I've found a term for a large tuple, a muckle: > > > http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=define%3Amuckle&btnG=Search&meta= > > Definitions of muckle on the Web: > > * batch: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or > extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; > "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" > wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn > As in that well-known Scottish saying "Mony a mickle make a muckle" meaning many small things add up to something great. Due, I believe, the the great Rabbie Burns. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/
From: Terry Hancock on 14 Feb 2006 20:36 On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:40:09 -0500 Tim Peters <tim.peters(a)gmail.com> wrote: > the-acid-test-is-whether-you-say-"xor"-with-one-syllable- > or-three-ly y'rs - tim -- Oh dear, I say it with two, am I just not cool, or what? ;-) "ex-or" -- Terry Hancock (hancock(a)AnansiSpaceworks.com) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com
From: Terry Hancock on 14 Feb 2006 20:38 On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:16:18 -0600 Rocco Moretti <roccomoretti(a)hotpop.com> wrote: > Erik Max Francis wrote: > > If a 4-tuple is a quadruple, a 3-tuple is a triple, a > > 2-tuple is an pair, then I guess a 1-tuple would be a > > single. Granted that's not nearly as gruesome enough a > > name to go with the special lopsided Pythonic creature > > mentioned above. I suggest we name it a hurgledink. > > +1 QOTW Yeah, +1, definitely. -- Terry Hancock (hancock(a)AnansiSpaceworks.com) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com
From: Grant Griffin on 15 Feb 2006 09:29
Tim Peters wrote: .... > "tuhple" is a girly-man affectation. That's why Guido and I both say > the manly "toople". .... Yes, but doesn't Guido say 'Guido' with some sort of strange faux-manly 'H'-ish sortta sound? methinks-the-lady-doth-protest-too-much-ly y'rs, =g2 -- _____________________________________________________________________ Grant R. Griffin Publisher of dspGuru http://www.dspguru.com Iowegian International Corporation http://www.iowegian.com See http://www.iowegian.com/img/contact.gif for e-mail address |