Cleanest C++ Interface to Python
Peter Hansen
peter at engcorp.com
Mon Feb 3 08:44:52 EST 2003
Bengt Richter wrote:
>
> On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 20:03:22 -0500, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
> [...]
> >I don't think I ever twigged to the fact that the order of the
> >arguments affects the order of the output Google provides.
> [OT] Is that kind of relation to facts like finding by dowsing?
> Just wondering where the terminology came from ;-)
I assume it's the last definition for "twig" as seen here:
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn1.7.1?stage=1&word=twig
Websters shows this:
Twig \Twig\, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.]
1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you
twig me? [Colloq.] --Marryat.
-Peter
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