etymology of "list comprehension"?

[James Harris]

On 6 Nov, 22:13, m... at pixar.com wrote:
> Chris Rebert <c... 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?

Good question. It seems that comprehension in this case relates to
comprehensiveness - i.e. a note of how complete a set is. From the
list at

   http://www.onelook.com/?w=comprehension&ls=a

check out in particular Merriam-Webster meanings 2a and 2b, and
Wikipedia for comprehension (logic).

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HTH,
James