define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync --delete

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Subject	define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync --delete
Date	2020-10-19 14:30 +0200
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On Saturday, October 17, 2020 06:01:13 PM David Christensen wrote:
> I don't use Bourne arrays, and I barely understand how the shell 
> interpolates lists and preserves items containing whitespace.  When I 
> can't figure it out, I switch to Perl.

I'm looking for an alternate thing to think of when I see the word interpolate 
-- I guess maybe interpret or substitute would be good ways for me to think 
about it (think when I see the word interpolate) (maybe see rant, below).

Rant (to ignore):

When I was in school, many years ago, I learned what I consider the 
"traditional" meaning of interpolate, typified by the following definitions / 
explanations found using google:

define: interpolate

Aside: I guess maybe the merriam-webster 1 b definition might be closest to the 
meaning intended, but I think the intention is more to substitute words.

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www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › interpolate
1a : to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or 
foreign matter. b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation. 2 : 
to insert between other things or parts : intercalate. 3 : to estimate values 
of (data or a function) between two known values. intransitive verb.

Interpolation - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Interpolation
In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, interpolation is a type of 
estimation, a method of ... variable, may be contrary to commonsense, i.e. to 
what is known about the experimental system which has generated the data 
points.

...

In computer graphics, interpolation is the creation of new values that lie 
between known values. ... Another example is when a video image in a low 
resolution is upscaled to display on a monitor with a higher resolution, the 
missing lines are created by interpolation.

Definition of interpolation | PCMag
www.pcmag.com › Encyclopedia › I
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define interpolation computing

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What is interpolation in computer science?
In the context of live-action and computer animation, interpolation is 
inbetweening, or filling in frames between the key frames. It typically 
calculates the in-between frames through use of (usually) piecewise polynomial 
interpolation to draw images semi-automatically.

...

Interpolation (computer graphics) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Interpolation_(computer_graph...
Search for: What is interpolation in computer science?
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Don't know (really) why I bothered to write this, maybe just to express some 
frustration, or maybe by writing it I'll clear my brain slightly.  I guess I 
could have written it and never sent it -- I'm occasionally that disciplined, 
but not always ;-)

Thread

rsync --delete Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-10-17 00:30 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete Klaus Singvogel <deb-user-ml@singvogel.net> - 2020-10-17 00:40 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 13:40 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete ellanios82 <ellanios82@gmail.com> - 2020-10-17 00:40 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-10-17 04:10 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete Will Mengarini <seldon@eskimo.com> - 2020-10-17 08:40 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 13:50 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-10-17 10:40 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-10-17 14:20 +0200
      Re: rsync --delete <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-10-17 15:30 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-10-17 20:30 +0200
      Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 13:50 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-10-18 12:50 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-10-17 17:30 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-10-18 00:10 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-10-19 01:40 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 14:00 +0200
      Re: rsync --delete Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-10-19 21:10 +0200
        Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 21:20 +0200
          Re: rsync --delete Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-10-19 23:20 +0200
            Re: rsync --delete David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-10-20 05:10 +0200
              Re: rsync --delete Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-10-20 09:30 +0200
                Re: rsync --delete David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-10-20 10:00 +0200
                Re: rsync --delete Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-10-20 10:20 +0200
              Re: rsync --delete Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-10-20 11:10 +0200
        Re: rsync --delete David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-10-19 23:20 +0200
      Re: rsync --delete David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-10-20 05:20 +0200
        Re: rsync --delete David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-10-20 06:10 +0200
          Re: rsync --delete Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-10-20 12:10 +0200
        Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-20 13:50 +0200
          Re: rsync --delete The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-10-20 14:50 +0200
            Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-20 15:10 +0200
              Re: rsync --delete The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-10-20 15:50 +0200
                Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-20 16:10 +0200
    define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync --delete rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-10-19 14:30 +0200
      Re: define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync --delete rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-10-19 14:50 +0200
      Re: define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re:  rsync --delete <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-10-19 15:00 +0200
        Re: define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync --delete rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-10-20 02:10 +0200
          Re: define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync  --delete David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-10-20 05:50 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 14:10 +0200

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