From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2011-01-13T21:33:34+09:00
Subject: Re: What is the difference between inject and reduce methods

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:30 AM, Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com> wrote:

> They are the same, I think the names are just to make people from different
> languages feel at home. I think "inject" is from Smalltalk, and "reduce" is
> from Common Lisp, and IIRC "fold" is from Scheme and Haskell.
>
> Interestingly, at the last RubyConf, Aaron Patterson and Rein Henrichs were
> giving their presentations simultaneously, in different rooms, and both of
> them criticized the use of this method :P
>

http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/2010/11/26/how-arlo-got-injected-into-ruby

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