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That would be my own contribution to the ridiculousness. See, I'm working on operational transformation based on this paper: http://bouillon.math.usu.ru/articl
by pjscott 16y ago
That would be my own contribution to the ridiculousness. See, I'm working on operational transformation based on this paper:
http://bouillon.math.usu.ru/articles/ctre.pdf http://bouillon.math.usu.ru/articles/ctre.pdf
...and the author names every data type after something stringy. I wanted to continue the theme, but it took some serious Wikipedia digging before I could find something that was textile-related and not already taken. In retrospect, this was a bad choice, since I kept forgetting how to spell it. :-(
- andolanra 16y agoMost varieties of Quechua wouldn't spell it 'quipu' any more; that's the influence of Spanish orthography, where 'qu' meant 'k' and 'hu' meant 'w'. Most modern orthographies would spell it 'khipu', which might be easier to remember. And for your future endeavors: twine, thrum, strand, and lisle are, as far as I know, unused.