is [comprehension] the right word???

[Michael Torrie]

On 2/20/23 18:06, Hen Hanna wrote:
> is [comprehension]   the right word???
>
> i swear  i never heard the word  before
>           getting into Python  a few years ago.

Seems as though the term was borrowed from formal mathematics set theory.

A simple search reveals that the term "list comprehension" predates
Python.  Back to 1977 to be exact. The term was first coined by Phil
Wadler in the late 70s or early 80s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_comprehension