Devine Lu Ator on Nostr: The word "multiset" sounds too technical for what it is. Dijkstra's "bag," on the ...
The word "multiset" sounds too technical for what it is.
Dijkstra's "bag," on the other hand, doesn't sound technical enough.
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/152223/why-does-mathematical-convention-deal-so-ineptly-with-multisets
A bag is a multiset. I insist on and promote bag because it is shorter, E. W. Dijkstra uses it, and submultiset is downright ugly.
http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~trebla/subbag-sum.html
Dijkstra's "bag," on the other hand, doesn't sound technical enough.
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/152223/why-does-mathematical-convention-deal-so-ineptly-with-multisets
A bag is a multiset. I insist on and promote bag because it is shorter, E. W. Dijkstra uses it, and submultiset is downright ugly.
http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~trebla/subbag-sum.html