[OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle

Marko Rauhamaa marko at pacujo.net
Sat Oct 11 06:33:44 EDT 2014


Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com>:

> And then there is REXX... Which deliberately has both centre() and
> center() in its standard library -- and they do the same thing...

I'm getting a new appreciation for Lisp's age-old "car" and "cdr".

The scientists have done this international thing for centuries. Their
single-letter naming might be the secret of their glorious success.

Obscure acronyms for the win.


Marko



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