[julia-users] Re: Question about 'dot' notation (and max/maximum)

[Billou Bielour]

I'm not saying that the help is not clear, or that the behavior is 
surprising, but only that there no information in the words "max" and 
"maximum" that allows you to guess or remember their behaviors. I mean one 
is just the abbreviation of the other. 
For example if I tell you I have two functions, "ceil" and "ceiling", can 
you guess what is the difference between the two ?