Christopher Wright wrote: > Walter Bright wrote: >> Yigal Chripun wrote: >>> Walter Bright wrote: >>>> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote: >>>>> toe() ?! tail() good, rear() not so good, toe() sucks. >>>> >>>> tail() is no good because it has a well-established meaning in >>>> programming of being everything but the first element of a list. I just >>>> didn't like rear(), as it is not normally thought of as the opposite of >>>> head(). >>> >>> What was the reason for the use of body parts in the first place? >>> What's wrong with: >>> a) begin, end >>> b) start, finish >>> c) initial, final >>> d) first, last >>> etc... >> >> >> There doesn't really need to be anything wrong with them. What's wrong >> with head/toe? > > It sounds stupid.
Wholeheartedly agree. -- Lars Ivar Igesund blog at http://larsivi.net DSource, #d.tango & #D: larsivi Dancing the Tango
