Subject: Re: [xsl] De-Duplification revisited (Was: Re: [xsl] What is a better word for "de-duplication"?) From: "Jay Bryant" <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:40:39 -0500 |
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Reflecting on the recent discussion on finding a better word for "de-duplication" and in particular for "de-duplicated", here is what name is used in Haskell:
nub
Here's the definition from the List.hs library module:
nub :: (Eq a) => [a] -> [a] nub = nubBy (==)
nubBy :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] nubBy eq [] = [] nubBy eq (x:xs) = x : nubBy eq (filter (\y -> not (eq x y)) xs)
So, in Haskellese, de-duplicated will be just "nubbed".
From dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nub) :
4 results for: nub
-noun 1. the point, gist, or heart of something.
To summarize, the best word for de-duplicate that I've found up to now is the word "nub".
I hope that if in case we cannot come with a better word, we will at least use the word "nub"
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