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From:
Damian Conway
Date:
March 25, 2012 12:46
Subject:
Re: Not-so-smart matching (was Re: How to make a new operator.)
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yary suggested:

> In a situation like this, I reach for a thesaurus

The standout from that list for me is: 'consonance'.
Second favorite is: 'gibe' or 'jibe'.

But the underlying operation is .ACCEPTS(),
so perhaps the operation should be referred to
as "acceptance" or "acceptibility".

Damian

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