zip() : how about braid()

[Ben Wolfson]

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 21:22:02 +0100, Robin Becker
<robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <397746c9.39446991 at news.iol.ie>, Sean Mc Grath
><sean at digitome.com> writes
>>>I think merge makes sense,
>>>(and I don't really have a problem with zip()), but the metaphor that
>>>most closely resembles what it does is braid(), as in hair..
>>>
>>Two suggestions:
>>       1) raff
>>       2) twingle
>>
>>"raff" is an invented verb form of "raffia", fibers of which are used
>>to weave hats, baskets etc. (<nerd>Spot the Monty Python
>>connection?</nerd>)
>>
>>"twingle" just sounds beautiful...
>...
>this thread is getting silly :) soon someone will mention Hitler :(

That's precisely what it should be called!