Aaron Crane  <aaron.crane@pobox.com> wrote:
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| Christophe Rhodes <csr21@cam.ac.uk> writes:
| > (defun extremize (sequence predicate &key (key #'identity))
...
| > [1] The naming-policy people may be interested to hear that the
| > following alternative names were proposed: MAXIMIZE, MINIMIZE,
| > EXMAXIMINIXZSE, EXTREMINATE, EXTREMISE, MORALLY-BIGGEST.
| 
| I've been using the name MOST, but it reads a little awkwardly.  Then again,
| I think all of these names are faintly awkward.  Any takers for simply
| EXTREME?
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How about EXTREMUM, to make it a noun like MAX(imum)?
Seems more dignified than EXTREMIZE...


-Rob

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