Peter Maas wrote: > tuples are of latin origin, so one can derive the tuple words > systematically: > > Latin n-tuple > --------------------------- > ... ... > triplex triple > duplex duple > simplex simple
Yeah but there's already plenty of existing English usage such that 3-tuple : triple :: 2-tuple : pair. (A 2-tuple is an "ordered pair" in mathematics.) If a 2-tuple is a pair, then it would seem to follow that a 1-tuple is a single. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis Whatever it is you came to teach me / I am here to learn it -- India Arie -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
