Proposed new syntax
Marko Rauhamaa
marko at pacujo.net
Sun Aug 13 03:34:33 EDT 2017
Glenn Linderman <v+python at g.nevcal.com>:
> I really don't think that "comprehension" in English, in the manner
> used for Python set manipulation, is equivalent at all to the English
> word "understand".
Correct. However, the two meanings of "comprehension" have a common
etymological ancestor. The literal meaning in Latin was "taking in",
"gathering".
Both "take in" and "gather" have similar metaphorical meanings in Modern
English, as well.
Marko
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