On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Ok. The analogy felt natural to me, looking at pictures like the first one here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovetail_joint I think some people also use the term for the traditional way of shuffling a deck of cards, which also makes sense. In any case, it's an established computer science term. Wolfram uses it in "A New Kind of Science", for example. Cheers, Telmo. > 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. -- 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.
