Re: Re:Memoizing a function.

[James Hearn <james.hearn@...>]

> Hello.
>
> > This is my first stab at lua programming. And I have not studied the
> > available documantation all that much. I wonder if there is an elegant
> > way of of memoizing functions. My first try is this:
>
> I have a slighly OT question...
>
> It is not the first time I see "memoizing" (or variants, like "memoize").
> As a non-native English speaker, I would rather use "memorizing" or
> "memorize".
> The Merriam-Webster dictionnary (www.m-w.com) doesn't seem to know this
word
> either. On-line technical dictionaries (I checked TechEncyclopedia,
> Webopedia and WhatIs) ignore it too.
> So, out of curiosity, is it:
> - a common mistyping, like typing "your" instead of "you're"?
> - a word so new that M-W doesn't know it yet?
> - a computer science word, needing a good specialized dictionnary?

I believe it is a computer science word. It appears in my (library) copy of
_Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_, at least.

--James Hearn