From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2006-11-16T16:39:21+09:00
Subject: Re: #returning and #tap

On 11/16/06, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> >
> > Oops, sorry. I didn't realize that #tap is the same as #then.
> >
> > I can't quite see why "tap" is a good name for that, though...
> >
>
> I suppose it's as in "tap a keg."  :)
> In other words, an analogy for the Unix "tee"
> utility, which is named for a T-shaped (real-life) pipe...
>
> Or am I wrong?

More likely tap as in "tap a phone line", i.e. both siphon off a value
and let it be passed on.

martin