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probably because 'mappend' was defined while thinking about usage for lists, but is hardly appropriate for the general case. So, 'Appending' 5 to 3 gives 8; it
by platz 13y ago
probably because 'mappend' was defined while thinking about usage for lists, but is hardly appropriate for the general case. So, 'Appending' 5 to 3 gives 8; it could be better.
- judk 13y agoThe choices are to either abuse an existing word, or make up new one (possibly a homograph). What is '+' ? Addition? Modular addition? Logical OR? Concatenaton? Sometimes, any of these. There where always be more concepts than distinct labels, since the space of concept is exponential combination (power set) of words.
- platz 13y agoI didn't say it had to be plus. I don't have the perfect answer, but append certainly seems like choosing a specific concept , rather than trying to come up with a more general name.