[CM] a rose by any other name...

[Matti Koskinen]

On 19.07.2017 08:29, René Bastian wrote:
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> Skål!
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> :)

really good one!

and when you've said skål too many times, you can't climb las escaleras!

-m

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> e Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:51:43 -0700,
> bil at ccrma.Stanford.EDU a écrit :
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>> I'm wondering if I should change all the "scaler" arguments to
>> something else.
>> I used "scaler" decades ago because I didn't like the spelling
>> "scalar". According to the OED, "scalar" goes back to the 17th
>> century, and derives
>> from "scala", a ladder, ultimately from Latin.  "scaler" is also old,
>> and
>> refers to one who scales a mountain or a fish.  Well, I still
>> like "scaler" better!  "gain" looks like an escapee from the EE lab.
>> "volume" is too specific.  Maybe "scl" or "*"?
>>
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