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Re: Symbol vs. Value Question
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Robert A. Uhl |
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Re: Symbol vs. Value Question |
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Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:44:50 -0600 |
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 12:57:54PM -0400, Keith Wright wrote:
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> That's funny. True in exactly the same sense that the
> addition method is more usual and appropriate than the subraction
> method.
What I meant was `more usual and appropriate for what I'm doing.' In
much the same way that addition is used in multiplication but not
division.
--
Robert Uhl <address@hidden>
Farewell Romance the Soldier spoke
By skill-of-sword we may not win
But scuffle 'midst the unclean smoke
Of arquebuse and culverin
Honor is lost and none may tell
Who paid good blows, Romance farewell.
--Kipling