I know python is not the first language to have list comprehension. I'm just interest in the history of the name.
I'm particularly interested in why it's called comprehension
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The name comes from the concept of a set-comprehension
Comprehension is used here to mean complete inclusion or complete description. A set-comprehension is a (usually short) complete description of a set, not an exhaustive (and possibly infinite) enumeration.
The history section of the wikipedia page discusses a little on where it came from. List_comprehension#History
Because it's a very comprehensive way to describe a sequence (a set in math and other languages, and a list/sequence in Python).
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