On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 5:45:39 PM UTC-8, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Hen Hanna <henh...@gmail.com> writes:
> > is [comprehension] the right word???
> Yes, it comes from math, particularly set theory. An expression like
>
> { n | n:integer, n mod 2 = 0 }
>
> is called a set comprehension, and then one there denotes the set of all
> even integers. Axioms saying that the above denotes a legitimate set
> are called comprehension axioms. In ZFC (an axiomitization of set
> theory widely used in math), there is an infinite schema of such axioms.
>
> The Haskell language used a notation inspired by this for "list
> comprehensions", and Python list (and later dictionary etc.)
> comprehensions were inspired by Haskell's version.
thanks... my curiosity was re-aroused today
when i learned that....
In Italian .... they say: [compresi] as in...
Ho 5 libri di Eco, compresi quei 3 che vedete lì.
Ho 5 libri di Eco, inclusi 3 che non sono disponibili nella
traduzione giapponese.
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