On 10/01/2017 01:32 AM, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
Remember also that Larry Wall - perl's "inventor" - is a linguist, and the use
of language in perl6 space in particular reflects that.
Hi Richard,
Hmmmmmm. That does explain its ease of use over other languages.
I really liked Perl 5, although the sub parameters were
a bit of a nightmare. I *** adore *** Perl 6.
I still have to do some things in P5 , whilst I
wait for the modules in Perl 6 to catch up.
'Interpolate' derives its meaning from the Latin roots 'between' and 'alter or polish'. In maths, you can 'interpolate' a result between known values. But in perl you put the value of one type of value between other text. So if $s='one two three', then the value of "<<<$s>>>" is '<<<one two three>>>'. The value of $s is interpolated into the text. There is nothing strange or unusual for this usage.
On no. I said Brandon was using it correctly. I just found
the usage of "interpolate" to be fascinating. Most of the time,
the word is not used in that fashion.
When I see "interpolate" used in Perl, I will think "insert".
(Doesn't help that years ago, I was doing matrix math to
calculate formulas to model high frequency parts in radio
designs. A lot of "interpolation" was going on.)
You might try other sources, which give more information.
'Wordnik' seems a strange source, given that 'word' is English, and
'-nik' is a Russian/Slavic suffix for a person that does something.
Worknik is compiling from other sources.
The ones I quoted from were from:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
4th Edition
and
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
They do a really good job of compiling and explaining things.
Go look at the link. You will see what I mean. Especially
look at the examples. They are marvelous.
http://www.wordnik.com/words/interpolate
For every (x, y) point in the original image, modify
its x coordinate through a forward transform, and then
determine where it is relative to the estimated lines,
and linearly interpolate the y coordinate.
For minor intervals I'd just interpolate from the
nearest major/perfect.
Inkscape has a similar tool called "interpolate", which
produces lovely lines by "blending" two separate lines
into one flowing shapes.
I could not find an "insert" example.
Oh and this is fascinating. The graph makes it extremely easy
to understand! "Insert" is one of them.
http://www.freethesaurus.com/interpolate
-T
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