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Re: PIZZA time again :-)

From: Duncan Patton <campbell_at_neotext.ca>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:32:57 GMT
Message-ID: <20050902163257.11614772@babayaga.neotext.ca>


On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:43:17 +0200
mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote:

> mAsterdam wrote:
> > dawn wrote:
> >> mAsterdam wrote:
> [snip]
> >> I can imagine an interleave function that alternates ingredients from
> >> both lists and yields a pizza with salami on it twice (I think I'll
> >> pass on it, however). --dawn
> [snip]
> >>> Should
> >>>
> >>> merge([[salami, buttonmushroom, mozarella, onions][salami, artichoke,
> >>> mozarella]], M).
> >>>
> >>> succeed with
> >>> M = [salami, buttonmushroom, artichoke, mozarella, onions]
> >>> M = [salami, artichoke, buttonmushroom, mozarella, onions]
> >>>
> >>> or just the first one (because of the order of the lists)?
>
> I think
>
> merge([[salami, buttonmushroom, buttonmushroom, mozarella],
> [salami, mozarella, onions]], M).
>
> should succeed with:
> M = [salami, buttonmushroom, buttonmushroom, mozarella, onions].

Sure. But why? A consistent rational needs to be included.

Dhu

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