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On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 06:05:58PM +0200, Thomas Wittek wrote: : Daniel Hulme: : >> Larry Wall: : >>> I name things in English. Hash is just something that is disordered : > : >> I'm not a native english speaker, but I've never heard or read the word : >> "hash" outside CS. : > : > you've never eaten "corned beef hash". : : To conclude, as hash definitely tastes better than a dictionary, we : should stick to that name. ;) : : At least nobody can say that Perl is bad taste! Then maybe we should rename Array to Skewer or Kabob or some such... Hmm, except it's hard to random access the middle... Maybe AntsOnALog... (celery, cream cheese/peanut butter, and raisins) LarryThread Previous | Thread Next