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- Subject: Re: PiL3: typos
- From: Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:39:04 +0200
2013/10/27 Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br>:
> I never undestood this term "memoize". This word did not exist in any
> dictionary; but, as far as I can undertand it, its meaning is exaclty
> the same of the word "memorize", which is a common word.
The two words mean almost exacly opposite things.
"memorize" means to commit something to memory, so that you
don't need to consult your notes.
"memoize" means to make a note of something you've just
figured out, so that next time you can just consult your note
instead of having to figure it out again.
