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cairnishIt's normal to have a favorite index entry, right? #index
The Computer Cellar@bradl sea, water, sea!
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Andrew Pontious
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PhDog 🇮🇪
Argent Stonecutter
Peter 〓〓
Peter 〓〓
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Chris Owens@bradl I haven’t seen that handbook in quite some time. Takes me right back.
Judith Lewis Mernit@bradl Who cares about normal? That’s beautiful.
Steve Slatcher@bradl My favourite index entry was in an old dBase programming manual - actually two entries. Sadly I can't remember the precise details, but the entries were something like
Infinite loop: see "Hanging"
Hanging: see "Infinite loop"
@winenous Superb.
Lisa Fedorak@bradl Yes it's normal. One of the fun parts of indexing are the times when when you can make a lovely entry #indexodon #indexing
Tim G@bradl So good.
Ben Pettis
Chris Parker@bradl Oh that’s amazing.
The McKennas 🌊♀️🏳️⚧️♾️
Michael Murray
Mark Anderson@bradl Ah, the CRC. So thick and so comprehensive. Do they only sell digital now, or is is still available in real format.
@markemer Hardback still available, with digital tools. On sale :) https://www.routledge.com/CRC-Handbook-of-Chemistry-and-Physics/Rumble/p/book/9781032121710
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
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Doug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦@bradl I don’t see your point.
@SonofaGeorge A. OK. B. True. C. I see what you did there.
גלות לעולם@bradl "Water, sea, see sea water" to complement this?
Ari E-B, Federation rabbi 🔯🖖
Sebastian Karcher@trek_rav @bradl I kind of thought this one was everyone's favorite
background: https://howardisms.com/other-stuff/williams-obstetrics-and-male-chauvinism/
Nentuaby
Tired and Angry
Rolf Steinort (314.8 ppm)
Tiny Frightening Woman@bradl as a former indexer, so pleased to have entries like that noticed 😊
@baba_lilith Indexes As an index lover indexers have my eternal gratitude. This one was hall of fame for me 🏆
Will Jessop
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Ellie@bradl I might like the index entry for Recursion in K&R'a first edition of The C Programming Language, which lists the R's page number in the index (269).
But yours is has a charming rhythmic harmony that's hard to beat.
Simon ZerafaRecursion, See Recursion has to be the all time classic though 🙂🤷♂️
John Arnold@simonzerafa @bradl A maths text we had when I was an undergrad -- on my bookshelves somewhere still -- had an index with a few fun entries. Ones I remember: Bad joke, see Joke, Bad. Joke, Bad, see Bad joke.
@simonzerafa @bradl annoyingly, I can't spot it on my shelves at present; but lest you think it apocryphal, I recalled enough to get the book details: Malcolm, W. G. (1975). _Number and structure_. Reed. An NZ publication, though not totally obscure as I see it cited in the _Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy_ in the article about A. N. Pryor.
The text is quite short, and it's clear the cuteness arises from a desire to use every letter in the alphabet. I wish I could remember them all!
Seems to be a common trope/meme in programing references including:
https://alvinalexander.com/photos/recursion-see-recursion-index-entry-programming-in-scala/
and
https://eeggs.com/items/20459.html
With a reference to the K&R C bible example
🙂🤷♂️
@simonzerafa Recursion seems an easy reach, tbh, although appreciated. Symmetric poetry though ... that's art. (Opinions vary, obvs.) @JohnDA
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Adam Liss@bradl Sung to the tune of “Go ninja go ninja go” https://youtu.be/R_K6971WmAs
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Paddy O'Brien@bradl The C programming language page 169. Recursion, page 169
@bradl whups, 269 as other commenters have noted
I can't remember the exact terms but the WORST index I've ever seen literally did the
Term A: see Term B
Term B: see Tram A
thing.
Anyway, the guy who did that was a child molester.
Jon Rodman
Sem@bradl I see. I think.
Paul Meek@bradl Totally 😆
Ms AB ☕@bradl Except 'seawater' is one word, isn't it? 🤔
@galand2dogs I defer to others on that. I haven't checked each of the subsequent 40+ editions to see if/how that particular entry has evolved. I did hear that it is no longer beautiful.