What function 'name' do you like most in newlisp

[newdep]

I was walking through the history of newlisp releases and found some
funny and good naming of fnuctions in newlisp, its just out of intrest,
but what function name do you like most in newlisp? (So thats purely the
name not the behavior..)

I just put a few on the list.. append you own if you like.. ;-)

Norman.

[pjot]

I like 'unify' the most, but it isn't in your list ;-)

Peter

[Ryon]

I be a tall-ship sailor, so I likes float. But me fav'rit words be args!

[rickyboy]

What about the ones that belong in a bad science fiction novel?

"I am Erf from the planet Betai -- take me to your leader!"

:-) --Ricky

[cormullion]

one thing i like about newlisp is that most of the functions have sensible names, and only a few are bizarre distortions. So it's easier to say the ones I like less: cpymem, crit-chi2, irr, ifft, etc. I don't like 'lambda' but that's only because my brain has managed to associate it with feelings of mental inadequacy - but I happily use 'fn', so that's just irrational.

I like 'bayes-train' the best. I always imagine a Victorian toddler playing with toy trains with words on the carriages and later going on to invent some cool statistical thing. (Although the pedantic will be quick to point out that the Reverend Thomas Bayes would probably not have been able to play with trains, since he died in 1761.)

[HPW]

I like list most, because everything in lisp/newLISP is based on it.
No barriers/difference between code and data.
It stand for the name: 'ListProcessing'
But non-lisper thinks: 'Lots of insane and stupid paranthesis'

;-)

[newdep]

hahahahaha... Erf from BetaI.....

[newdep]

..Args like in "arguments with a sailor" ? Ryon ;-)

[Jeff]

Could be worse, Cormullion. newLISP doesn't have CAADDDR :)

[Ryon]

..Args like in "arguments with a sailor" ? Ryon ;-)

Args like in "Aaaarrrrrghhh!" ye scurvy bilge-drinkin' tar-merchant.

[cormullion]

..Args like in "arguments with a sailor" ? Ryon ;-)

Args like in "Aaaarrrrrghhh!" ye scurvy bilge-drinkin' tar-merchant.

who let the doargs out?

[cormullion]

Could be worse, Cormullion. newLISP doesn't have CAADDDR :)

I miss all of them:

caar, cadr, cdar, cddr, caaar, caadr, cadar, caddr, cdaar, cdadr, cddar, cdddr, caaaar, caaadr, caadar, caaddr, cadaar, cadadr, caddar, cadddr, cdaaar, cdaadr, cdadar, cdaddr, cddaar, cddadr, cdddar, cddddr

:-)

[newdep]

So actualy reading all this, we should be able to write a nice story using the
newlisp-focabulary..

Starting like..

Once there was this 'primitive? called 'Erf from 'Betai. 'while a 'seek on the 'map
did not return a 'symbol? of 'true he was forced to 'catch the 'first 'bayes-train
to 'Lambda 'and 'lookup the 'atom?, a 'member called 'ifft from the 'flat 'lambda-macro 'constant,
and 'repeat him to 'join the 'curry of 'define....

[rickyboy]

Once there was this 'primitive? called 'Erf from 'Betai. 'while a 'seek on the 'map did not return a 'symbol? of 'true he was forced to 'catch the 'first 'bayes-train to 'Lambda 'and 'lookup the 'atom?, a 'member called 'ifft from the 'flat 'lambda-macro 'constant, and 'repeat him to 'join the 'curry of 'define....

That was great, Norman! Reminded me of Lewis Carroll: "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe ..." Rock on! :-) --Ricky

[newdep]

aiii I just see that 'repeat is not newLisp ;-)

would then be..
...and 'quote him to 'join the 'curry of 'define....

[rickyboy]

...and 'quote him to 'join the 'curry of 'define....

... or "and push him to join the curry of define...."

Again Norman, it's brilliant -- keep up the good work! --Ricky