[Python-ideas] Vectorization [was Re: Add list.join() please]

[James Lu]

There is no need for any of you to argue over this small point. Tolerate each other’s language.

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> On Feb 2, 2019, at 3:58 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Feb 02, 2019 at 05:10:14AM +0000, MRAB wrote:
>>> 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?
> 
> I don't know, but it has been used since at least the early 1920s
> 
> https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/194906/heterogeneous-vs-inhomogeneous
> 
> and the Oxford dictionary describes "inhomogenity" as being used from 
> the late 19th century. So my guess is, probably people who were more 
> familiar with Latin and Greek than we are.
> 
> There are many words that are derived from both Latin and Greek. There's 
> no rule that says that because a word was derived from Greek, we must 
> use Greek grammatical forms for it. We are speaking English, not Greek, 
> and in English, we can negate words using the "in" prefix.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Steven
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