[Python-ideas] Vectorization [was Re: Add list.join() please]
Alex Walters
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Sat Feb 2 02:06:56 EST 2019
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> On 2019-02-02 04:32, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > Of course it makes sense. Even numpy supports inhomogeneous data:
> >
> [snip]
>
> "inhomogeneous"? Who came up with that?
>
> <pendantic> "in-" is a negative prefix in Latin words, but "homogeneous"
> comes from Greek, where the negative prefix is "a-" (or "an-" before a
> vowel). I'd go with either "heterogeneous" or "non-homogeneous".
> </pedantic>
"Television" as a word must annoy you :) I mentally replaced
"inhomogeneous" with "heterogeneous"
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