Etymology of the word raspberry:I'm re-reading How to Solve It, George Polya's classic book on mathematical method; in his original (1944) Preface, he gives a few reasons why he thinks it's important that maths should be taught well. I've never seen it mentioned, but I was wondering if this figures into the origin of the "Raspberry Pi" name. (Yes, I'm aware of canon: viewtopic.php?t=112402)Thoughts?“… a student whose college curriculum includes some mathematics has a singular opportunity. This opportunity is lost, of course, if he regards mathematics as a subject in which he has to earn so and so much credit and which he should forget after the final examination as quickly as possible. The opportunity may be lost even if the student has some natural talent for mathematics because he, as everybody else, must discover his talents and tastes; he cannot know that he likes raspberry pie if he has never tasted raspberry pie.”
raspis (plural raspises)
Thoughts?
Statistics: Posted by breaker — Tue Dec 16, 2025 10:11 pm