22 Oct
2006
22 Oct
'06
12:18 p.m.
On 2006-10-22 at 12:50+1000 dons@cse.unsw.edu.au (Donald Bruce Stewart) wrote:
Now, the name, join conflicts, so: * consperse * connect * intercat * the problem with joinWith (or whatever) is that traditionally it would be joinBy
So, I propose we start with just, say, 'connect',
intercalate, surely? OED says of intercalate: transf. a. To insert or interpose something additional, extraneous, or out of the ordinary course, between the ordinary members of any series [...] Since there's already a word that means almost exactly what we want, why not use it? Jón -- Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn at cl.cam.ac.uk