Danny Yoo wrote: > <snip code above> > The code above is a demonstration of a representation of numbers using > functions, more commonly known as "Church Numerals". Functions are very > powerful. *grin* > > > So the fundamental notation of number isn't necessarily tied down to > anything except the operations we use on them. We find it very convenient > to use positional notation because it takes advantage of our fingers and > our eyes; just don't be fooled into thinking that there's only one way to > represent number. > That was a really interesting link. Thanks, Danny. I never thought of our time as a base-60 number. (referring to the Sexagesimal System subsection of that link) Oh, and the church numerals were quite breathtaking :) -Luke _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
