Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> > wrote: > > So, if I understand you right, you want to say that you've not found > > a computer that works with the *complete* set of real numbers. Yes? > > Correct. […] My point is that computers *do not* work with real > numbers, but only ever with some subset thereof […]
You've done it again: by saying that “computers *do not* work with real numbers”, that if I find a real number – e.g. the number 4 – your position is that, since it's a real number, computers don't work with that number. That's why I think you need to be clear that your point isn't “computers don't work with real numbers”, but rather “computers work only with a limited subset of real numbers”. -- \ “We have to go forth and crush every world view that doesn't | `\ believe in tolerance and free speech.” —David Brin | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
