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As a resident of Bend, Oregon... it was kind of funny to read this and I'm curious about the origin of the name.
by davidw 2y ago
As a resident of Bend, Oregon... it was kind of funny to read this and I'm curious about the origin of the name.
- bytK7 2y agoAs a fellow resident of Bend I felt the same way when I saw this.
- noumenon1111 2y agoAs a native Bendite but not current Bend resident, seeing that word with a capital letter always makes me smell juniper and sagebrush a little bit.
- developedby 2y agoBending is an operation similar to folding, both in real life and in the language. While fold is recursive on data, bend is recursive on a boolean condition (like a pure while that supports multiple branching recursion points). I was actually looking forward to seeing someone from Bend to make a comment like this
- alex_lav 2y agoTotally off topic but I'll be driving there later this afternoon. Hoping it's as beautiful as last time!
- blinded 2y agoThought the same thing!