On 20/04/13 01:48, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
A moot point is a point which is not relevant.
It most certainly is not. It is a point that is open to debate.
Specifically it is a point that would be posted on the agenda
for the weekly meetings in the local Moot Hall - the town
guild/council's meeting place in medieval times.
There are several towns in England where Moot Halls still
exist and a few still have ceremonial Moot meetings where
topics of local interest are occasionally debated.
A fine example of a Moot Hall is in Aldeburgh in Suffolk:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldeburgh
[ And it must never, ever, be spelled a *mute* point - something
that bugs me constantly since it infers almost the opposite
of the real meaning! ]
PS.
On the subject of reversed() you are quite right although I wasn't
thinking of python at the time I wrote it I was just indicating
the algorithmic fix required to filter the palindromes.
--
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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