possibly trivial newbie list/array question

Tim Peters tim.one at home.com
Sun Aug 26 01:06:53 EDT 2001


[Gareth McCaughan]
> And it should really be called "separation" rather than
> "comprehension", since set theorists use "comprehension"
> to mean constructing { x : P(x) } and "separation" to mean
> constructing { x in y: P(x) }.

I agreed with that anticipatorily, e.g. in

    http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/453772

Regardless, we're stuck with the name now, and if "imaginary numbers" can
without protest faithfully reflect confusions generations after they've been
cleared up, it's following a fine tradition <wink>.





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