Subject: RE: [xsl] De-Duplification revisited (Was: Re: [xsl] What is a better word for "de-duplication"?) From: "Nathan Young -X \(natyoung - Artizen at Cisco\)" <natyoung@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:09:25 -0700 |
Luckily we have the word "de-duplication" to refer to this concept that we're trying to find a word for. ----->Nathan .:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.: ||:. Nathan Young Cisco.com->Interface Development A: ncy1717 E: natyoung@xxxxxxxxx > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Bryant [mailto:jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:41 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [xsl] De-Duplification revisited (Was: Re: [xsl] > What is a better word for "de-duplication"?) > > My grandfather (a farmer) used to refer to the heart of a > kernel of corn > (maize) as the nub, so nubbing something would be getting to > its heart. He > referred to an ear of corn that didn't fully form as a nubbin, too. > > But is getting to something's heart the same as de-duplicating it? > > Is reducing <outer><inner></outer> to <inner> the same as reducing > <inner><inner> to <inner>? > > I'm not trying to throw rocks at your idea. I would also like > to find (or > invent) a word for de-duplication, but "nub" (and hence "nubbing" and > "nubbed") doesn't strike me as the right word. It's closer > than our earlier > ideas, but it doesn't give me that "aha! that's it!" feeling. > > Jay Bryant > Bryant Communication Services > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 6:07 PM > Subject: [xsl] De-Duplification revisited (Was: Re: [xsl] > What is a better > word for "de-duplication"?) > > > > Reflecting on the recent discussion on finding a better word for > > "de-duplication" and in particular for "de-duplicated", here is what > > name is used in Haskell: > > > > nub > > > > Here's the definition from the List.hs library module: > > > > > > nub :: (Eq a) => [a] -> [a] > > nub = nubBy (==) > > > > nubBy :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] > > nubBy eq [] = [] > > nubBy eq (x:xs) = x : nubBy eq (filter (\y -> not > (eq x y)) xs) > > > > > > So, in Haskellese, de-duplicated will be just "nubbed". > > > > From dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nub) : > > > > > > 4 results for: nub > > > > -noun 1. the point, gist, or heart of something. > > > > > > To summarize, the best word for de-duplicate that I've > found up to now > > is the word "nub". > > > > I hope that if in case we cannot come with a better word, we will at > > least use the word "nub" > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Dimitre Novatchev > > --------------------------------------- > > Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant > intelligence. > > --------------------------------------- > > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk > > ------------------------------------- > > You've achieved success in your field when you don't know > whether what > > you're doing is work or play
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