michael wrote:
>
> In this case it's you not being a functional programmer; `zip' seems
> perfectly natural to the part of my brain that speaks Haskell.
>=20
> Think zip as in "zipper"; this more sense to me than naming a =
compression
> algorithm "zip"...
>=20
footnote: merriam webster says:
...
1. to move, act, or function with speed and vigor
...
5. to close or open with or as if with a zipper
...
I also checked two british dictionaries; the older only
mentioned the first sense, the newer only the second.
fwiw, the newer claims to be based on a "detailed ana-
lysis of how modern English is really used". go figure.
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