define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync --delete
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.
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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.
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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
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define interpolation computing
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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.
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Interpolation (computer graphics) - Wikipedia
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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 ;-)
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