There is no need for any of you to argue over this small point. Tolerate each other’s language.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 2, 2019, at 3:58 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 02, 2019 at 05:10:14AM +0000, MRAB wrote: >>> On 2019-02-02 04:32, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> [snip] >>> >>> Of course it makes sense. Even numpy supports inhomogeneous data: >>> >> [snip] >> >> "inhomogeneous"? Who came up with that? > > I don't know, but it has been used since at least the early 1920s > > https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/194906/heterogeneous-vs-inhomogeneous > > and the Oxford dictionary describes "inhomogenity" as being used from > the late 19th century. So my guess is, probably people who were more > familiar with Latin and Greek than we are. > > There are many words that are derived from both Latin and Greek. There's > no rule that says that because a word was derived from Greek, we must > use Greek grammatical forms for it. We are speaking English, not Greek, > and in English, we can negate words using the "in" prefix. > > > > -- > Steven > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
