MathGroup Archive: April 2011 [00401]

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Function Option Names

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Subject: [mg118236] Function Option Names
From: mmausr <opngid at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:54:34 -0400 (EDT)

I'm curious why some option names are strings (e.g. options to the
FinancialDerivative function), while other option names are symbols
(e.g. options to the ListPlot function).

More generally, why are some parameters of built-in functions
specified as strings and others specified as symbols that evaluate to
themselves?

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