Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-12 Thread Timothe Litt
On 11-Sep-16 18:19, Lincoln A Baxter wrote: > Having followed this discussion (more or less, I have no clue what the > MiuneMcCluskey alorithm is), but I like Logic::Minimise > > Lincoln Quine-McCluskey is used to simplify boolean functions. It's similar to Karnaugh maps, which may be familiar

Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-12 Thread David Cantrell
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 02:46:18PM +0200, Paul Johnson wrote: > - The correct spelling is Logic::Minimise Try searching for "minimise" at oed.com. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling But in summary, "minimise" is an acceptable alternative spelling for "minimize", both are

Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-12 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 12:44:13PM +0100, Smylers wrote: > Paul Johnson writes: > > > To be clear, my tongue was firmly in my cheek for that last > > suggestion, but that doesn't seem to travel too well over SMTP. > > Sure, I realized it was a cheeky suggestion. > > But there are enough UK folk

Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-12 Thread Smylers
Paul Johnson writes: > To be clear, my tongue was firmly in my cheek for that last > suggestion, but that doesn't seem to travel too well over SMTP. Sure, I realized it was a cheeky suggestion. But there are enough UK folk about who complain about -ize being “an Americanism” that there might've

Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-12 Thread Paul Johnson
To be clear, my tongue was firmly in my cheek for that last suggestion, but that doesn't seem to travel too well over SMTP. And the myriad smileys which adorned my initial message seem to have been similarly lost. 3/10 must try harder (Smylers, well done on avoiding the past participle of

Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-12 Thread Smylers
Paul Johnson writes: > - The Logic namespace looks like a mess, but I think this module would >fit better in there: Logic::Minimize > - The correct spelling is Logic::Minimise UK English allows both -ize and -ise endings on many verbs*; USA English only has -ize. So picking the one that's

Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-11 Thread Lincoln A Baxter
On Sat, 2016-09-10 at 14:46 +0200, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 05:58:35AM +0200, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > > * John M. Gamble [2016-09-09 22:12]: > > > Technically it's math, but I suspect people would be more likely > to use > > > the keyword 'boolean', or

Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-10 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 05:58:35AM +0200, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > * John M. Gamble [2016-09-09 22:12]: > > Technically it's math, but I suspect people would be more likely to use > > the keyword 'boolean', or perhaps 'digital logic', when looking for > > something like

Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-09 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis
* John M. Gamble [2016-09-09 22:12]: > Technically it's math, but I suspect people would be more likely to use > the keyword 'boolean', or perhaps 'digital logic', when looking for > something like this. > > (For supporting evidence, the Wikipedia article on the Quine-McCluskey

Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-09 Thread John M. Gamble
otential problem is that Boolean isn't used much as a top-level >> name. I can only find 'boolean', the pragma for using true and false >> values, and Boolean-String, which has a 0.01 release and hasn't been >> updated since. >> >> So are there any objections to my using Boolean as a top level name in >> earnest? >> >> -john >> >> >

Re: Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-09 Thread Karen Etheridge
h has a 0.01 release and hasn't been > updated since. > > So are there any objections to my using Boolean as a top level name in > earnest? > > -john > >

Boolean As a Top Level Name

2016-09-09 Thread John M. Gamble
and hasn't been updated since. So are there any objections to my using Boolean as a top level name in earnest? -john