etymology of "list comprehension"?

mh at pixar.com mh at pixar.com
Thu Nov 6 17:13:50 EST 2008


Chris Rebert <clp at rebertia.com> wrote:
> the term
> "comprehension" for the concept was first used in the NPL programming
> language (Wikipedia again).

Ah, thanks... and does "comprehension" have any special computer
science meaning?

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Mark Harrison
Pixar Animation Studios



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