I argue, why not use the word de-duplication itself. Sometimes pseudo
words are necessary to describe a concept.
In my opinion word "nub" is not ok for this. It is very less heard
off, and looks very non-english. Perhaps it is an english word, but my
vocabulary is limited :)
On 10/13/06, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
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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