Nikolai Weibull wrote:
[...]
> In what language is lambda equivalent to the notion of "chosen at
> random"? I find no reference to this use in Wikipedia. Using obscure
> language is hardly a good way of getting your message across.
[...]
English is not my mother language, sorry if from time to time I misuse it.
That use of "lambda" exists in colloquial contemporary French. In the French
wikipedia, under "Lambda (homonymie), the first title is as follows:
Adjectif
* Le mot lambda est souvent utilisé comme adjectif pour qualifier une
entité indéfinie quelconque.
* Un utilisateur lambda est une personne qui utilise un système de la
même manière que la majorité des utilisateurs, sans chercher à exploiter des
fonctionnalités avancées.
which I translate as:
Adjective
* The word lambda is often used as an adjective to qualify any undefined
quantity.
* A lambda user is a person who uses a system in the same way as the majority
of the users, not trying to use advanced functionalities.
Best regards,
Tony.
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