<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 9:51 AM, Stephan Houben <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephanh42@gmail.com" target="_blank">stephanh42@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Let me stand up and say that I personally like lambda. It's the standard terminology and not easily confused.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I agree.</div><div><br></div><div>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!</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I actually think it makes a strikes a pretty good balance -- to use the idiomatic phrase :-)</div><div><br></div><div>-CHB</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>Christopher Barker, Ph.D.<br>Oceanographer<br><br>Emergency Response Division<br>NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice<br>7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax<br>Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception<br><br><a href="mailto:Chris.Barker@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Chris.Barker@noaa.gov</a></div>
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