Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:30:50 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: add inverse option to ministat Message-ID: <10B832D6-08CB-4D4A-910D-75808CDE6549@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <80033.1436992253@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20150715002013.GZ8523@funkthat.com> <77609.1436942964@critter.freebsd.dk> <20150715071534.GE8523@funkthat.com> <78059.1436947590@critter.freebsd.dk> <20150715174139.GJ8523@funkthat.com> <80033.1436992253@critter.freebsd.dk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > On Jul 15, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > > -------- > In message <20150715174139.GJ8523@funkthat.com>, John-Mark Gurney writes: > >> There are lots of tools the repeat functionality... and it's only >> getting worse... And the amount of code that this adds is strikingly >> small... > > We do agree that is not a coherent argument, right ? > > I still think it is a step in the wrong direction, and that it should > therefore not be taken. I agree that this is a step best not taken. This is ministat, and why are we optimizing for this one use-case, when there’s dozens of other that I’ve wished for over the years. What’s next -l for log(x) and -e for exp(x)? But if reason doesn’t prevail, can we at least name it right? The current name isn’t quite appropriate. You’re transitioning from time domain to the frequency domain, and just saying that it’s inverse. Warner [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVpxdaAAoJEGwc0Sh9sBEALMAQAMfFvY5GXbb0Czn/0TWVW/pd ZV/oC/VrJjd8PAu7IYvDBjgbAwlmmbf/Djnq87D2TgdIyE78KTPSnZ2OFCYpjp0s DVI0K4ujult9cx1rTF8T7oV0y4hbLMZNC8XjflehuetS9QNicd/0pxVFjRh+f6e1 GsIjJNJ/r5qU21DSDCGiQUlkK6qe3VK0sp5hrWLQR80Jqlcn/77Ky03+Sl4mGpJ8 dEOO+sPxwLjRKIWQedesqGg5XkPDIgvw+9KknrHm/3QlBIV3aWTh+Ol0V0+CHLTE JCcm7qZHXm39fJq72JR6bKFfNrFi4R3oQVXyQ4U6i1YzRnVnzqY1LeXVl6t6VarL kktNCIzK0z7IVlc0UFdtPI2l2vvvY7Ky+6/dRntZjL3aOshsujtU9SssOpORMdVE 1IkCiMUKgU8Kpyn0gKay+UeWFsLHU56+GTym0Wx/hWc8G7PTEgPsB2c/0Z2lVSaO +DgkFqV2PCKEI8wTcf5FjaGfG+Rcf0APQtNp7H/yXiRqCVceiul4v2Ueoo4tZq70 uDGhy1VfrxQj8sWn0pVKsKmxfm3GT6ltcyOmLetq7j7NRhkGWw5qYazzEi5ytth0 mQscIlQ4EyHhDyOFcLqkMxB0Pf4POoDOaPJJollzMgx9DC/3dHyhV4LZoAVUacgP hQvtmNWVpDvx/9IEp31r =ynER -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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