* Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > > 4! > > > > > No, if 4! = 24, then 24? = 4 > > > > The interesting thing is that 10? = 3.390 or so. > > I was taking it to mean "what is 24?" > > And the answer to that question is 4*3*2*1, among other things.... :)
Yeah, that was clear enough. ? means a question (also, in some programming languages it begins a conditional). I don't follow Alberto's logic for a ? meaning the inverse factorial function. Is there anyone besides Alberto who has used ? to mean the inverse factorial? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
