On 14 Mar 2011 20:24, "Cédric Beust ♔" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 2011/3/14 Alexey Zinger <[email protected]> >> >> Given one of our frequently recurring themes of what defines a language: syntax vs functionality, I found it amusing having come across this essay by a mathematician, called Pi is Wrong ( http://www.math.utah.edu/~palais/pi.html), where Bob Palais argues in favor of changing the value of π. > > > To be accurate, he's not arguing in favor of changing the value of π (which would be silly), he just thinks that the the value 2*π would be more useful. Some reactions in the scientific community that I've read seem to think that this idea has some merit. >
Quite... Anything that would break Euler's identity just has to be wrong! > I certainly agree that a few people in our community have a strange sense of readability, such as people who think that ":->>" is a fine name for a method (here is my original tweet) :-) > > -- > Cédric > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
