zip() : how about braid()

[Al Christians]

Suggestions: dice() (as in slice and dice), crossPollinate(), 
crossTupulate(), affiliate(), affiance(), or yoke(), as when columns
of horses or mules are yoked side-by-side.


Al


Ben Wolfson wrote:
> 
> On 21 Jul 2000 19:33:31 GMT, aahz at netcom.com (Aahz Maruch) wrote:
> 
> >In article <3977C2A8.6D8F7586 at my.signature>,
> >Greg Ewing  <see at my.signature> wrote:
> >>"Jürgen Hermann" wrote:
> >>>
> >>> merge() is the best yet, since it's a common (programming) term with a
> >>> well-defined meaning.
> >>
> >>But it's a DIFFERENT meaning!
> >>
> >>merge([1,2,4,6,7,8],[3,5,9]) --> [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9])
> >
> >No, that's only when "merge" is a modifier for "sort".
> 
> I would expect merge() called on n lists to return a list consisting of all
> its arguments concatenated.
> 
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