[Python-ideas] Vectorization [was Re: Add list.join() please]

[MRAB]

On 2019-02-02 08:58, Steven D'Aprano 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.
> 
Well, if we were using an English prefix, wouldn't it be "unhomogeneous"?