in reply to Nomenclature
in thread Polysignant variables

Which of course to me sounds like polycygnant, or "having multiple swans." The pond by my house, for example, is polycygnant.

Of course, I suppose we could (if we're really trying to conjure up as much confusion as possible) overload THAT word as well: suppose a polycygnant variable is one that has multiple attributes; it's not totally out of line: attribute ~ albatross (worn around the variable's neck) ~ swan (another large white aquatic bird).

Of course, this babble is brought to you by the virus (in the microbial, not digital sense) I contracted yesterday, so take it FWIW.

Spud Zeppelin * spud@spudzeppelin.com

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Re: Re: Nomenclature
by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Aug 06, 2001 at 22:37 UTC
    Since polycygnant with Perl, and the root sygnant isn't in general use, I don't think it's confusing since the "Perl context" should have you thinking of one vocabulary, and "Pond context" another. I can see them overlapping if you published an article on using Perl with your pond, though.

    Or, maybe polycygnant is what you call what happens when you have a program that requires both 1.x and 2.0 of cygwin.dll

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