On Saturday, October 17, 2020 06:01:13 PM David Christensen wrote: > I don't use Bourne arrays, and I barely understand how the shell > interpolates lists and preserves items containing whitespace. When I > can't figure it out, I switch to Perl.
I'm looking for an alternate thing to think of when I see the word interpolate -- I guess maybe interpret or substitute would be good ways for me to think about it (think when I see the word interpolate) (maybe see rant, below). Rant (to ignore): When I was in school, many years ago, I learned what I consider the "traditional" meaning of interpolate, typified by the following definitions / explanations found using google: define: interpolate Aside: I guess maybe the merriam-webster 1 b definition might be closest to the meaning intended, but I think the intention is more to substitute words. `= www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › interpolate 1a : to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter. b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation. 2 : to insert between other things or parts : intercalate. 3 : to estimate values of (data or a function) between two known values. intransitive verb. Interpolation - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Interpolation In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, interpolation is a type of estimation, a method of ... variable, may be contrary to commonsense, i.e. to what is known about the experimental system which has generated the data points. ... In computer graphics, interpolation is the creation of new values that lie between known values. ... Another example is when a video image in a low resolution is upscaled to display on a monitor with a higher resolution, the missing lines are created by interpolation. Definition of interpolation | PCMag www.pcmag.com › Encyclopedia › I =' define interpolation computing `= What is interpolation in computer science? In the context of live-action and computer animation, interpolation is inbetweening, or filling in frames between the key frames. It typically calculates the in-between frames through use of (usually) piecewise polynomial interpolation to draw images semi-automatically. ... Interpolation (computer graphics) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Interpolation_(computer_graph... Search for: What is interpolation in computer science? =' Don't know (really) why I bothered to write this, maybe just to express some frustration, or maybe by writing it I'll clear my brain slightly. I guess I could have written it and never sent it -- I'm occasionally that disciplined, but not always ;-)
