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| Date | 2014-11-11 07:36 +1100 |
|---|---|
| From | Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> |
| Subject | Re: What does zip mean? |
| References | <m3qs33$n66$1@reader1.panix.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.15640.1415654042.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 10Nov2014 17:19, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>On 2014-11-10, giacomo boffi <giacomo_boffi@inwind.it> wrote:
>> To help you understanding what is the `zip` builtin, please forget
>> about PKZip etc and think about the _zip fastener_ or _zipper_ in
>> your bag or in your trousers
>>
>> In the bag you have two sequences of teeth that the zipper
>> binds together in interlocking pairs
>
>No, you don't. That's not how a zipper works. Each tooth from side A,
>isn't bound with one from side B. It's bound with _two_ of them from
>side B. And each of those is in turn bound with an additional tooth
>from side A, and so on...
This is true, but the analogy is still the correct one:-)
Your nitpicking will not help the OP.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
WFO: the normal throttle position for Denizens, squids, and unfortunates on
50cc Honda step-throughs.
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What does zip mean? satishmlmlml@gmail.com - 2014-11-09 02:44 -0800
Re: What does zip mean? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-09 21:58 +1100
Re: What does zip mean? milos zorica <miloshzorica@gmail.com> - 2014-11-09 08:06 -0300
Re: What does zip mean? giacomo boffi <giacomo_boffi@inwind.it> - 2014-11-10 17:48 +0100
Re: What does zip mean? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-10 17:19 +0000
Re: What does zip mean? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-11-11 10:04 +1300
Re: What does zip mean? Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2014-11-11 07:36 +1100
Re: What does zip mean? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-11-10 19:39 -0500
Re: What does zip mean? giacomo boffi <pecore@pascolo.net> - 2014-11-13 23:10 +0100
Re: What does zip mean? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-14 22:06 +1100
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