On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 05:10:05PM +0100, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > Bruno did not invent the term "dovetailing" nor is he the only person > to use it in computer science. A simple google search will show you > this. I know you're a smart guy and understand the metaphor, so you're > just complaining for the sake of complaining. Do you also disapprove > of the use of a sewing term to describe a type of computation > (threading)? >
I was a little puzzled by the etymology of "dovetailing" when I first heard it, as I knew about the carpentry term. However, it apparently comes from tilers, who describe a pattern of laying tiles as dovetailing. And that analogy makes more sense. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
